Inishnee

Inishnee

Native name: Inis Ní
Inishnee from Errisbeg
Location within island of Ireland
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean (Roundstone Bay)
Coordinates	53.399°N 9.897°W / 53.399; -9.897
Administration
Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	Galway
Demographics
Population	49 (2022)

Inishnee (Irish: Inis Ní) is a small, thin 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 2022, it had a population of 49. The island is a part of the Gaeltacht, and is within the region of Conamara Theas.

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 population

Year	Pop.	±%
1841	455	—
1851	21	−95.4%
1861	300	+1328.6%
1871	409	+36.3%
1881	387	−5.4%
1891	324	−16.3%
1901	323	−0.3%
1911	271	−16.1%
1926	174	−35.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1936	161	−7.5%
1946	168	+4.3%
1951	145	−13.7%
1956	141	−2.8%
1961	116	−17.7%
1966	100	−13.8%
1971	79	−21.0%
1979	83	+5.1%
1981	86	+3.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1986	74	−14.0%
1991	47	−36.5%
1996	33	−29.8%
2002	24	−27.3%
2006	28	+16.7%
2011	43	+53.6%
2016	43	+0.0%
2022	49	+14.0%

Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

Media related to Inishnee at Wikimedia Commons

• Islands - Change in Population 1841 - 2006
• Location of Inishnee lighthouse