Inishcoo Explained

Inishcoo
Native Name:Inis Cú
Native Name Link:Irish language
Native Name Lang:Irish language
Map:island of Ireland
Location:Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates:54.9869°N -8.4639°W
Area Km2:0.50
Area Footnotes:[1]
Country:Ireland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Province
Country Admin Divisions:Ulster
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:County
Country Admin Divisions 1:Donegal

Inishcoo [2] is a small island and a townland off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The closest town on the mainland is Burtonport.

Geography

The island is located around 1.5 km East of Arranmore and South-West of the small island of Eighter. A footbridge connects the two islets, both known for pleasant sandbeaches.[3] The inner part of Inishcoo is mainly rocky (granite) and bears a small lake.

History

A small community used to live on Inishcoo in the first part of the 20th century.[4] [5] Some of the old houses are used as holiday homes; the biggest is a former coast-guard building in the south-western part of the island.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inishcoo Townland, Co. Donegal . . www.townlands.ie . Cóipcheart Townlands.ie . 13 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Inis Cú . . Placenames Database of Ireland . . 13 April 2016.
  3. Web site: www.inishcoo.com . The house . 19 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428043338/http://www.inishcoo.com/the-house/ . 28 April 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: 1901 Census Inishcoo Island, Templecrone . Lindel . Buckley . Donegal Genealogy Resources . 19 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423203918/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/1901inishcoois.htm . 23 April 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: 1911 Census Inishcoo Island, Templecrone . Lindel . Buckley . Donegal Genealogy Resources . 19 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423191706/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/1911inishcoois.htm . 23 April 2016 . dead .
  6. Book: Walsh, David . Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands . 187–188 . Pesda Press . 2004 . 9780953195695 . 13 April 2016.

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