Inishloe

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.

Inishloe

Native name: Inis Lua
Inishloe
Geography
Location	River Fergus
Coordinates	52°40′37″N 9°01′12″W
Area	0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Administration
Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Clare
Demographics
Population	0

Geography

The island's surface area is 52.68 hectares (130 acres).^[2]

Demographics

It 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 0.00% 1986 0 0.00% 1991 0 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 2006 0 0.00% 2011 0 0.00%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

The table reports data taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland.