Inishsirrer
Native name: Inis Oirthir[1] | |
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 NW half of the island from a flight preparing to land at Donegal Airport | |
  Inishsirrer | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 55°06′54″N 8°19′55″W / 55.11500°N 8.33194°W |
| Area | 0.43 km2 (0.17 sq mi)[2] |
| Length | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) |
| Width | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | Donegal |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Inishsirrer (Irish: Inis Oirthir, meaning "outer island[3]") is a small island and a townland off the coast of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
Geography[edit]
Inishsirrer is around 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) off the coast of Gweedore, not faraway from Inishmeane. It is around 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mile) long and four hundred metres (1,300 feet) wide.[citation needed]
History[edit]
A small community used to live on Inishsirrer in the first part of the 20th century, but today the island is uninhabited and its old buildings are mostly ruined.[4]
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| Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fishing[edit]
Inishsirrer was known as a good spot for lobster fishing.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Inis Oirthir". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1861. p. 539. ISBN 9780806310527. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Wallace Clark (2003). Donegal Islands. Dundurn. p. 35. ISBN 9781900935319. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ "The Lonely Homes of Inishsirrer". PhotosOfDonegal.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Richard Deacon (1974). Islands of Ireland. Osprey. ISBN 9780850451689. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
Image gallery[edit]
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Old buildings -
View from a beach near Glassagh -
A jetty on the island -
The deserted village
External links[edit]
Media related to Inishsirrer at Wikimedia Commons
