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Island in County Galway, Ireland

Coordinates53°15′43″N 9°45′14″W / 53.262°N 9.754°W / 53.262; -9.754

Area0,182,109 km² (70,313 sq mi)^[1]

Highestelevation40 m (130 ft)^[1]

Dinish Island
Native name: Daighinis
Dinish Island
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	53°15′43″N 9°45′14″W / 53.262°N 9.754°W / 53.262; -9.754
Area	0,182,109 km² (70,313 sq mi)^[1]
Highest elevation	40 m (130 ft)^[1]
Administration
Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	Galway
Demographics
Population	0 (2006)

Dinish, (Irish: Daighinis), is a small island on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland.

The island is connected to the island of Lettermullen and is part of a group of islands collectively known as Ceantar na nOileán.^[2] The island has no permanent population and is not connected via a bridge, however access is possible via boat or on foot at low tide.^{[citation needed]}

History

The island has had a permanent population in recent history with a population of nine families in 1911.^[3]

Dinish is mentioned in the essay "In Connemara" by John Millington Synge.^{[citation needed]}

It was owned in the 1950s and 1960s by Dr Alfred Thompson Schofield, surgeon and author of "Scientific Diets for African Children"^[4] (1936) and a prominent missionary for the Church Missionary Society (Uganda).

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1841	59	—
1851	60	+1.7%
1861	75	+25.0%
1871	64	−14.7%
1881	74	+15.6%
1891	50	−32.4%
1901	56	+12.0%
1911	52	−7.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1926	25	−51.9%
1936	27	+8.0%
1946	43	+59.3%
1951	35	−18.6%
1956	29	−17.1%
1961	19	−34.5%
1966	14	−26.3%
1971	12	−14.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1979	3	−75.0%
1981	3	+0.0%
1986	1	−66.7%
1991	0	−100.0%
1996	0	0.00%
2002	0	0.00%
2006	0	0.00%

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

References

1 2 Ordnance Survey Ireland's 19th-century 6" maps
↑ "South Connemara Islands". Irelandbyways.com. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
↑ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". The National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
↑ "CAB Direct". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

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