Inishturk South

Inishturk
Native name:
Inis Toirc
Inishturk from a beach at Eyrephort
Inishturk is located in island of Ireland
Inishturk
Inishturk
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates53°30′33″N 10°08′59″W / 53.5091°N 10.1498°W / 53.5091; -10.1498
Area0.7055 km2 (0.2724 sq mi)[1]
Administration
ProvinceConnacht
CountyGalway
Demographics
Population0 (2022)[2]

Inishturk (Inis Toirc in Irish,[3] meaning Wild Boar Island) is a small island and a townland[1] of County Galway, in Ireland. The island is also referred as Inishturk South [4] (Irish: Inis Toirc Theas) in order to tell it apart from the Inishturk island located in County Mayo.

  1. ^ a b "Inishturk Townland, Co. Galway". www.townlands.ie. Irish Townlands. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Inis Toirc". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ "A Guide to Beaches". www.connemara.net. Retrieved 19 May 2016.