Native name: Inis Uí Mhaolchluiche | |
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 Overview from Knocknarea | |
  Coney Island Location in Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 54°17′46″N 8°35′17″W / 54.2962°N 8.588°W |
| Area | 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Sligo |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1 (2022)[1] |
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Coney Island or Inishmulclohy (Irish: Inis Uí Mhaolchluiche),[2] is an island between the Rosses Point and Coolera peninsulas in Sligo Bay, County Sligo, Ireland. It is one of several islands of the same name off the coast of Ireland. It is an island of approximately 400 acres and is named after the vast quantity of rabbits which can be spotted on the island at any time, the Irish for rabbit being coinín.[3] Coney (/ˈkoʊni/, historically /ˈkʌni/) was an English word for a rabbit or rabbit hair, with both words originally deriving from the Latin cuniculus, meaning "rabbit").
- ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Inis Uí Mhaolchluiche/Inishmulclohy or Coney Island". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Rabbit - Translation to Irish Gaelic with audio pronunciation of translations for rabbit by New English-Irish Dictionary".