Turbot (Inis Toirbirt[1] or Tairbeart[3] in Irish) is a small island and a townland[1] of County Galway, in Ireland, also referred as Inishturbot[4] and Talbot Island.[5]
Native name: Tairbeart, Inis Toirbirt | |
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  Turbot | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 53°30′03″N 10°08′59″W / 53.50073°N 10.14984°W |
| Area | 0.7389 km2 (0.2853 sq mi)[1] |
| Administration | |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Galway |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 2 (2022)[2] |
Geography edit
Turbot Island lies off the Irish coast not faraway from Clifden and Cleggan. It is located South of Inishturk and West of Aird Mhór Peninsula. The easiest place to land on Turbot is the North side of the island, where most of the old houses are gathered. A road cuts Turbot from East to West.[6]
History edit
A small community used to live on Turbot, but the island was evacuated in 1978. Later some of the old buildings were transformed into holiday homes.[6]
Demographics edit
The table below shows data on Inisturk's population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland.
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| Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Turbot Island Townland, Co. Galway". www.townlands.ie. Irish Townlands. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Tairbeart". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "A Guide to Beaches". www.connemara.net. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Turbot island". www.tageo.com. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ a b David Walsh (2004). Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands. Pesda Press. p. 144.
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