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Inishnee (Irish: Inis Ní) is a small island off the shore of Ireland, in Roundstone Bay near the village of Roundstone in Connemara in County Galway. The island is equipped with a lighthouse. As of 2011^[update], it had a population of 43.

Inishnee

Native name: Inis Ní
Inishnee from Errisbeg
Inishnee
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	43 (2011)

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%	Year Pop. ±% 1926 174 −35.8% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 1979 83 +5.1% 1981 86 +3.6% 1986 74 −14.0% 1991 47 −36.5% 1996 33 −29.8% 2002 24 −27.3% 2006 28 +16.7% 2011 43 +53.6%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

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

Other projects

Media related to Inishnee at Wikimedia Commons

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