Inishnee

Inishnee (Irish: Inis Ní) is a small island off the coast of Ireland, in Roundstone Bay near the village of Roundstone in Connemara in County Galway. It 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	49 (2022)[1]

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% 1926 174 −35.8%	Year Pop. ±% 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% 1979 83 +5.1% 1981 86 +3.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1986 74 −14.0% 1991 47 −36.5% 1996 33 −29.8% 2002 24 −27.3% 2006 28 +16.7% 2011 43 +53.6% 2016 43 +0.0% 2022 49 +14.0%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.