Dinish Island | |
Map: | island of Ireland |
Native Name: | Daighinis |
Native Name Link: | Irish language |
Location: | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates: | 53.262°N -9.754°W |
Area Km2: | 0,182109 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Country: | Ireland |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Province |
Country Admin Divisions: | Connacht |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | County |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Galway |
Population: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Dinish,, is a small island on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland.
The island is connected to the island of Lettermullen and is part of a group of islands collectively known as Ceantar na nOileán.[2] The island has no permanent population and is not connected via a bridge, however access is possible via boat or on foot at low tide.
The island has had a permanent population in recent history with a population of nine families in 1911.[3]
Dinish is mentioned in the essay "In Connemara" by John Millington Synge.
It was owned in the 1950s and 1960s by Dr Alfred Thompson Schofield, surgeon and author of "Scientific Diets for African Children"[4] (1936) and a prominent missionary for the Church Missionary Society (Uganda).