Inishsirrer
{{Short description|Small island of the coast of Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Inishsirrer
| native_name = Inis Oirthir{{cite web |url= http://www.logainm.ie/ga/14496 |title= Inis Oirthir |author= |website= Placenames Database of Ireland |publisher= Dublin City University |access-date=25 February 2016}}
| native_name_link = Irish language
| native_name_lang =Irish language
| image_name = Inishsirrer - NW half of the island looking northwest - geograph.org.uk - 1350643.jpg
| image_caption = NW half of the island from a flight preparing to land at Donegal Airport
| map = island of Ireland
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| location = Atlantic Ocean
| coordinates = {{coord|55|06|54|N|8|19|55|W|region:IE_type:isle|display=inline,title}}
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| area_km2 = 0.43
| length_km = 1.6
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| width_km = 0.4
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| country = Ireland
| country_admin_divisions_title = Province
| country_admin_divisions = Ulster
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Donegal
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Inishsirrer ({{Irish place name|Inis Oirthir|outer island{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9tZkfd83qoC&q=inishsirrer&pg=PA35 | pages = 35 |title= Donegal Islands |author= Wallace Clark |publisher= Dundurn | year = 2003 | isbn = 9781900935319 |access-date=25 February 2016}}}}) is a small island and a townland off the coast of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
Geography
Inishsirrer is around {{convert|1|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} off the coast of Gweedore, not faraway from Inishmeane. It is around {{convert|1.6|km|1|abbr=off}} long and {{convert|400|m|ft|spell=in|abbr=off}} wide.{{fact|date=April 2021}}
History
A small community used to live on Inishsirrer in the first part of the 20th century, but today the island is uninhabited and its old buildings are mostly ruined.{{cite web |url = https://www.photosofdonegal.com/the-lonely-homes-of-inishsirrer |title= The Lonely Homes of Inishsirrer | publisher=PhotosOfDonegal.com |access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 3
|footnote= Source: {{cite web |url= http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=CNA17&Planguage=0 |title= CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year |author= Central Statistics Office |website= CSO.ie |access-date=12 October 2016}}
|1841|0
|1851|26
|1861|30
|1871|14
|1881|22
|1891|28
|1901|43
|1911|41
|1926|48
|1936|34
|1946|18
|1951|5
|1956|0
|1961|0
|1966|0
|1971|0
|1979|0
|1981|0
|1986|0
|1991|0
|1996|0
|2002|0
|2006|0
}}
Fishing
See also
{{Portal|Ireland|Islands}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Image gallery
File:Inishsirrer, Co Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 242666.jpg|Old buildings
File:Inishsirrer_Island_-_View_across_Gweedore_Bay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1179424.jpg|View from a beach near Glassagh
File:Jetty at Inishsirrer, Co Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 242670.jpg|A jetty on the island
File:Inishsirrer, Co Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 242668.jpg|The deserted village
External links
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- [http://www.uniqueascent.ie/Inishsirrer Guide to the island]
{{County Donegal}}
Category:Geography of Gweedore
Category:Islands of County Donegal