Ireland's Eye, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Ireland's Eye
Location of Ireland's Eye in Newfoundland

Ireland's Eye was a small settlement on an island of the same name [1] off the northeast corner of Random Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [2] It is accessible only by boat.

Ireland's Eye was occupied as early as 1675. [1] A way office was established in 1886. The first waymaster was Thomas Cooper. The schooner Annie E. Conrad ran aground here on 16 July 1929. There was a post office between 1941 and 1965. [3] The population was 157 in 1911, 92 in 1956, and 16 by 1966. [1] The community was resettled on October 12, 1965.

Ireland's Eye shared the island with several other resettled communities, including Ivanhoe and Black Duck Cove.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ireland's Eye". mha.mun.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  2. Mills, A.; Sandeman, H. (2021). "Lithostratigraphy and lithogeochemistry of Ediacaran alkaline basaltic rocks of the Musgravetown Group, Bonavista Peninsula, northeastern Newfoundland, Canada: An extensional volcanogenic basin in the type-Avalon terrane". Atlantic Geology. 57: 207–234. doi: 10.4138/atlgeol.2021.010 .
  3. Library and Archives Canada, "Post Offices and Postmasters" Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

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