EDDY-ISLAND, an island in Galway bay, parish of DROMACOO, barony
of DUNKELLIN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT,
5 miles (s. by e.) from Galway; the population is returned with the parish. It
comprises 95 acres of land, and is a prebend in the diocese
of Kilmacduagh, and in the patronage of the
Bishop, endowed with a portion of the tithes of Dromacoo,
amounting to £6. 6. With other lands it was
granted by Chas. II., in 1667, to Dr. Robert Georges, at
a rent of £1. 2. 10¾. Here are the ruins of an old
castle.