Roaring Water Bay - Hare Island

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Name:
English: Heir Island
or
Inishodriscol
Irish: Inis Uí Drisceoil
(O'Driscoll's Island)

Access:
086 809 2447

Books:
Heir Island - It's history and People
Eugene Daly
Walks onSeven West Cork Islands
Damien Enright
Towelsail Yawls
Cormac Levis

Websites:
Wikipedia
Heir Island

Heir Island photographs



Populations numbers for offshore islands

The island's 25 or so year round inhabitants live in less than ten of the island's fifty or so houses. The balance of the houses are, mostly, holiday homes.
Title - Heir Island - It's history and People
Author - Eugene Daly
Publisher - Heron's Way Press
Year - 2004
ISBN - 0-9548662-0-7
Title - Walks of Seven West Cork Islands
Author - Damien Enright
Publisher - Merlin Press
Year - 2005
ISBN - 1-902603-08-0
Title - Towelsail Yawls - The Lobsterboats of Heir Island and Roaringwater Bay
Author - Cormac Levis
Publisher - Galley Head Press
Year - 2002
ISBN - 0 9542159 0 7