Inishloe

Inishloe
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Inis Lua
Inishloe
Geography
Location River Fergus
Coordinates 52°40′37″N 9°01′12″W / 52.67694°N 9.02000°W / 52.67694; -9.02000Coordinates: 52°40′37″N 9°01′12″W / 52.67694°N 9.02000°W / 52.67694; -9.02000
Area 0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Administration
Province Munster
County Clare
Demographics
Population 0

Inishloe or Low Island (Gaeilge: Inis Lua[1]) is an uninhabited island in the River Fergus and townland in the Kildysart parish of County Clare, Ireland.

Geography

The island's surface area is 52.68 hectares (130 acres).[2]

Demographics

It is has been uninhabited since 1976[3] however the 1901 census showed 43 inhabitants[4] which reduced to 32 in 1911.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1841114—    
185193−18.4%
186196+3.2%
187191−5.2%
188155−39.6%
189143−21.8%
190143+0.0%
191132−25.6%
YearPop.±%
192628−12.5%
193623−17.9%
194627+17.4%
195114−48.1%
195610−28.6%
19619−10.0%
19667−22.2%
19713−57.1%
YearPop.±%
19790−100.0%
19810+nan%
19860+nan%
19910+nan%
19960+nan%
20020+nan%
20060+nan%
2011 0+nan%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved October 12, 2016. 

The table reports data taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland.

References

  1. ↑ Logainm Inis Lua
  2. ↑ Townlands.ie Inishloe
  3. ↑ Jobs for women proposed
  4. ↑ 1901 Census of Clare
  5. ↑ CSO 1911 Census


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