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List of islands of Ireland

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This article is about offshore islands. For lake and river islands, see List of inland islands of Ireland.

This is a list of islands of Ireland. Ireland is itself an island, lying west of the island of Great Britain and northwest of mainland Europe.

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The Hebrides off Scotland and Anglesey off Wales were grouped with Ireland ("Hibernia") by the Greco-Roman geographer Ptolemy,[1] but this was not geographically correct and is purely of historical interest.

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Largest offshore islands by area and population

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Total population of Irish offshore islands

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The number of people living on Irish offshore islands decreased dramatically during the Irish famine and the period following it. Since then the trend on most islands has been a decreasing population until the 1950s and 1960s, during which many islands were forcibly evacuated by the Irish Government as continuous bad weather meant that islanders were unable to travel to the mainland for several consecutive months. Of the remaining islands that were not evacuated, many of their populations have continued to dwindle ever since, with some seeing stabilisation or even a slight increase in population during and after the Celtic Tiger.

The chart below shows the total number of people living on Irish islands throughout the years.

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Notes
  1. [n 1]
    Taken from the Placenames Database of Ireland entry linked in the PDI ref column
  2. [n 2]
    Unless stated otherwise, area is from Ordnance Survey Ireland's 19th-century 6" maps (viewable via the Historic 6" layer of the link in the OS-map column)
  3. [n 3]
    Unless stated otherwise, height is from Ordnance Survey Ireland's 1:50,000 series maps (viewable for Republic of Ireland islands via the Wind Report layer of the link in the OS-map column )
  4. [n 4]
    Converted from height in feet given on Ordnance Survey Ireland's 19th-century 6" maps (viewable via the Historic 6" layer of the link in the OS-map column)
  5. [n 5]
    19th-century area, before reclamation
  6. [n 6]
    Combined total of Dunkerron Island East and Dunkerron Island West.[37]
  7. [n 7]
    Dunkerron Island East and West are connected at low tide.
  8. [n 8]
    Cappanacush is the largest of the Greenane Islands. It is listed separately and its area and population are excluded from the totals. It constitutes a separate townland.
  9. [n 9]
    170 in 1851
  10. [N 10]
    Not enumerated separately from Rossdoohan townland on the mainland; combined population 163.[40]
  11. [N 11]
    11 in 1911
  12. [N 12]
    13 in 1881
  13. [N 13]
    Duínis on OSI 1:50,000 map
  14. [N 14]
    The maximum spot height of 24 feet on the 6" map is incompatible with the 20-metre contour line present on the 1:50,000 map.
  15. [N 15]
    Inis Bhig on OSI 1:50,000 map
  16. [N 16]
    Tawin Island comprise the townland of Tawin West (218 acres (88 hectares), 108 people) and part of the townland of Tawin East (179 acres (72 hectares), 193 people). Tawin East Island comprises the balance of the townland of Tawin East.
  17. [N 17]
    Excluding the tombolo linking Dorinish More and Dorinish Beg
  18. [N 18]
    Island More and Knockycahillaun are now connected;
  19. [N 19]
    Comprising townlands of Rosmore (78 acres (32 hectares), 90 people) and Lisduff (27 acre, 43 people)
  20. [N 20]
    18 in 1851
  21. [N 21]
    Excluding the 10 acres (4.0 hectares) of Kinkeel, connected at low tide.
  22. [N 22]
    There is a foot bridge between Eighter and Inishcoo.
  23. [N 23]
    30 in 1861
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