Inishnee (
Irish:
Inis Ní) is a small island off the coast of Ireland, in Roundstone Bay near the village of
Roundstone in
Connemara in
County Galway. It is equipped with a lighthouse. As of 2011, it had a population of 43.
Demographics
The table below shows data on Inishnee's population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland.
Historical populationYear | | |
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1841 | 455 | — |
---|
1851 | 21 | −95.4% |
---|
1861 | 300 | +1328.6% |
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1871 | 409 | +36.3% |
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1881 | 387 | −5.4% |
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1891 | 324 | −16.3% |
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1901 | 323 | −0.3% |
---|
1911 | 271 | −16.1% |
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1926 | 174 | −35.8% |
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| Year | | |
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1936 | 161 | −7.5% |
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1946 | 168 | +4.3% |
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1951 | 145 | −13.7% |
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1956 | 141 | −2.8% |
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1961 | 116 | −17.7% |
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1966 | 100 | −13.8% |
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1971 | 79 | −21.0% |
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1979 | 83 | +5.1% |
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1981 | 86 | +3.6% |
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| Year | | |
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1986 | 74 | −14.0% |
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1991 | 47 | −36.5% |
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1996 | 33 | −29.8% |
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2002 | 24 | −27.3% |
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2006 | 28 | +16.7% |
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2011 | 43 | +53.6% |
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2016 | 43 | +0.0% |
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2022 | 49 | +14.0% |
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Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. |
References
External links
Media related to Inishnee at Wikimedia Commons