Turbot Island Explained

Turbot
Map:island of Ireland
Native Name:Tairbeart, Inis Toirbirt
Native Name Link:Irish language
Location:Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates:53.5007°N -10.1498°W
Area Km2:0.7389
Area Footnotes:[1]
Country:Ireland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Province
Country Admin Divisions:Connacht
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:County
Country Admin Divisions 1:Galway
Population:2
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[2]

Turbot (Inis Toirbirt or Tairbeart[3] in Irish) is a small island and a townland of County Galway, in Ireland, also referred as Inishturbot[4] and Talbot Island.[5]

Geography

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

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.

Demographics

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Turbot Island Townland, Co. Galway . Irish Townlands . www.townlands.ie . . 2016-05-19.
  2. Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast. Central Statistics Office. 2023 . 29 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Tairbeart . . Placenames Database of Ireland . . 2016-05-19.
  4. Web site: A Guide to Beaches . www.connemara.net . 2016-05-19.
  5. Web site: Turbot island . www.tageo.com . 2016-05-23.
  6. Book: Oileáin: a guide to the Irish islands . David Walsh . Pesda Press . 144 . 2004 .