Inishloe or
Low Island (
Gaeilge:
Inis Lua) 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).
Demographics
It has been uninhabited since 1976 however the 1901 census showed 43 inhabitants which reduced to 32 in 1911.
Historical populationYear | | |
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1841 | 114 | — |
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1851 | 93 | −18.4% |
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1861 | 96 | +3.2% |
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1871 | 91 | −5.2% |
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1881 | 55 | −39.6% |
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1891 | 43 | −21.8% |
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1901 | 43 | +0.0% |
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1911 | 32 | −25.6% |
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| Year | | |
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1926 | 28 | −12.5% |
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1936 | 23 | −17.9% |
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1946 | 27 | +17.4% |
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1951 | 14 | −48.1% |
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1956 | 10 | −28.6% |
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1961 | 9 | −10.0% |
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1966 | 7 | −22.2% |
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1971 | 3 | −57.1% |
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| Year | | |
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1979 | 0 | −100.0% |
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1981 | 0 | 0.00% |
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1986 | 0 | 0.00% |
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1991 | 0 | 0.00% |
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1996 | 0 | 0.00% |
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2002 | 0 | 0.00% |
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2006 | 0 | 0.00% |
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2011 | 0 | 0.00% |
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Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. |
The table reports data taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland.
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