Inch Island

Inch Island
Native name:
An Inis / Inis na nOsirí[1][2]
Inch Island from Grianan of Aileach
Inch Island is located in island of Ireland
Inch Island
Inch Island
Geography
LocationLough Swilly
Coordinates55°03′54″N 7°29′42″W / 55.065°N 7.495°W / 55.065; -7.495
Area13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Highest elevation222 m (728 ft)
Administration
ProvinceUlster
CountyDonegal
Demographics
Population396 (2022)[3]

Inch Island (Irish: An Inis, meaning 'the island'[4][5]) is in Lough Swilly, a sea lough in County Donegal on the northern coast of Ireland.[6][7] Inch is also the name of the civil parish covering the island.[4]

  1. ^ "New website offers 'virtual museum exhibition' of Inch island heritage". Derry Journal. 4 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Inch Heritage". Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Population Density and Area Size (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Inch Island/An Inis". Placenames Database of Ireland.
  5. ^ Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 82. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
  6. ^ Discoverer Series Sheet 7 (F Edition). Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services, Belfast, 2017.
  7. ^ Discovery Series Sheet 2 (3rd Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2005.

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