Sherkin Island

Sherkin Island
Native name:
Inis Arcáin
View from the highest point of Sherkin Island
Sherkin Island is located in island of Ireland
Sherkin Island
Sherkin Island
Geography
LocationCeltic Sea
Coordinates51°28′N 9°25′W / 51.467°N 9.417°W / 51.467; -9.417
Area5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)approx
Highest elevation189.3 m (621.1 ft)
Administration
ProvinceMunster
CountyCork
Demographics
Population110 (2022)[1]
Sherkin Island, West Cork, Ireland
Tráigh Eoghain mhóir, also known as Cow Strand
Sherkin Friary
The former girls' national school
An Cúinne Harbour, Sherkin Island
Silver Strand

Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin (Irish: Inis Arcáin),[2] lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater Bay. It had a population of 111 people at the time of the 2016 Census,[3] and measures five kilometres (three miles) long by 2.5 kilometres (1+12 miles) wide. The island has one pub, a bed and breakfast, a community centre and a Roman Catholic church.

  1. ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Inis Arcáin – Sherkin Island". Irish Placenames Database (logainm.ie). Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Populated off-shore islands". chg.gov.ie. Retrieved 20 May 2018.