Oileáin Site Map
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Most popular pages on this site in order.
Blaskets
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Census figures
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Omey Island
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Saltees
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Insishbofin Co. Donegal
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Insishbofin Co. Galway
Some of the islands where people no longer live all year round
See:
population numbers 1841 to 2011
Duvillaun More (1901?)
Inishtrahull
(1928)
Inishkea
(1935)
Inishmurray
(1947)
Blaskets
(1953)
Inisharc
(1960)
Achillbeg
(1966?)
Owey
(1980)
Abandoned Islands
All but on of the last residents of Inisharc left the island on 20th October 1960. Tom Lacey, the oldest man on the island, refused to leave that day but left the next day.
Birds
Some Islands noted for birds
Puffin Island
Skellig Rocks
Saltees
Inishkea
Rockabill
Stags of Broadhaven
Monastic sites
Some islands noted for early Christain monastic sites
Caher (near InishTurk)
St. McDara's
Scattery Island - Inis Cathaigh
Skellig Michael
Inishmore
Way of Life
What is was like living on an island in the past.
Blaskets
Inishkea
Sea Creatures
A walrus in Clew Bay
Achill - Basking Sharks
Whaling - Inishkea
Grey Seals
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