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°WCoordinates: 52°40′37″N 9°01′12″W / 52.67694°N 9.02000°W
Area	0.52 km^2 (0.20 sq mi)
Administration
Ireland
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
Year Pop. ±% 1841 114 —     1851 93 −18.4% 1861 96 +3.2% 1871 91 −5.2% 1881 55 −39.6% 1891 43 −21.8% 1901 43 +0.0% 1911 32 −25.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1926 28 −12.5% 1936 23 −17.9% 1946 27 +17.4% 1951 14 −48.1% 1956 10 −28.6% 1961 9 −10.0% 1966 7 −22.2% 1971 3 −57.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1979 0 −100.0% 1981 0 +nan% 1986 0 +nan% 1991 0 +nan% 1996 0 +nan% 2002 0 +nan% 2006 0 +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