What is the least populated island off the coast of Ireland?

parc

Not really talking about and island with scientists or a lighthouse keeper, more so communities.

I know Achill Island is the biggest but that seems more like a peninsula. Are there any more that are further 'out at sea' and less populated?

(Was talking about craggy island with a friend and we were trying to think of what it was based on, if anything )

My name is URL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland

Wanderer2010

Sherkin Island?

Gone Drinking

My name is URL wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland

The internet strikes again!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Rockall.

irishgeo

parc wrote: »

Not really talking about and island with scientists or a lighthouse keeper, more so communities.

I know Achill Island is the biggest but that seems more like a peninsula. Are there any more that are further 'out at sea' and less populated?

(Was talking about craggy island with a friend and we were trying to think of what it was based on, if anything )

i am insulted at that comment especially since i come from Achill, an island still in island regardless wether it has a bridge or not. Achill has been cut off once or twice from the mainland when our brand spanking new bridge fails to close properly after letting a boat through.

The last time it got stuck they had to get a boat to tow it shut.

kasper

dornish off mayo used to be owned by john lennon ,a the hippie commune stayed there sometime in the 70s

Skid

irishgeo wrote: »

an island still in island regardless wether it has a bridge or not

All islands are islands, but some are less islandy than others.

garancafan

parc wrote: »

I know Achill Island is the biggest

Biggest is Great Britain.

FloatingVoter

Inishvickillaun - Haugheyland would be in the mix I'd imagine.

4zn76tysfajdxp

garancafan wrote: »

Biggest is Great Britain.

Biggest island? No it's not.

Corruptedmorals

Least populated? There's plenty with none. Like the Blaskets, abandoned ages ago.

Skinnykenyan

Michaela Hissing Carrot wrote: »

Biggest island? No it's not.[/
Why isn't it?

Mint Sauce

Michaela Hissing Carrot wrote: »

Biggest island? No it's not.

Without going to far down a political arguement, weather you want to call it britain or great britain, it is. As we are the biggest island of it.

Joe prim

How far off the coast of Ireland?Must be defined, otherwise question does not compute-that is all.

Skinnykenyan

Your not the biggest island of great Britain as Britain Is one island but you are the biggest island of the British isles

WindSock

Is Britain still an Island now it has the Chunnel?

harry Bailey esq

whiddy island? its inhabited alright,enough to sustain a pub but not more than a few families are permanent residents i think

Skinnykenyan

Ya sure it's a man made connection for the island to the continent

Capt'n Midnight

Skinnykenyan wrote: »

Michaela Hissing Carrot wrote: »

Biggest island? No it's not.[/
Why isn't it?

We are the closest land South East from Greenland

Capt'n Midnight

WindSock wrote: »

Is Britain still an Island now it has the Chunnel?

http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2012/riota.shtml
where the island can only be reached by boat or air

Mycroft H

Inishtrahull .

Skinnykenyan

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Skinnykenyan wrote: »

We are the closest land South East from Greenland

Who mentioned Greenland? The op asked about islands off the coast of Ireland and another poster rather astutely pointed out that Britain is the biggest. I believe theirs 25km between the closest points of Ireland and Britain. Theirs hundreds of kms between Ireland and Greenland
Edit:21kms

im invisible

Eurafrasia

Victor

For 2006 census. All off-shore islands, including those that are uninhabited and those connected to the mainland.

All Islands 8,983
Clare: Canon 0
Clare: Coney 0
Clare: Green 0
Clare: Inishcorker 0
Clare: Inishloe 0
Clare: Inishmacowney 0
Clare: Inishmore or Deer 0
Clare: Saints 0
Clare: Scattery 0
Cork: Ballycottin 0
Cork: Bear 187
Cork: Clear 125
Cork: Dinish 0
Cork: Dursey 6
Cork: Fastnet Rock 0
Cork: Garinish 0
Cork: Haulbowline 165
Cork: Horse 2
Cork: Inchydoney 193
Cork: Inishbeg 8
Cork: Inishodriscol or Hare 24
Cork: Long 5
Cork: Ringarogy 88
Cork: Roancarrigmore 0
Cork: Sherkin 106
Cork: Skeam East 0
Cork: Spike 0
Cork: The Bull 0
Cork: Whiddy 22
Donegal: Aran 522
Donegal: Aughnish 3
Donegal: Cruit 53
Donegal: Eighter 0
Donegal: Gola 4
Donegal: Inishbofin 36
Donegal: Inishcoo 0
Donegal: Inishfree Upper 9
Donegal: Inishkeeragh 7
Donegal: Inishmeane 0
Donegal: Inishsirrer 0
Donegal: Inishtrahull 0
Donegal: Island Roy 13
Donegal: Owey 27
Donegal: Rathlin O'Birne 0
Donegal: Rotten 0
Donegal: Rutland or Inishmacadurn 13
Donegal: Tory 142
Dublin: Lambay 6
Dublin: North Bull 18
Galway: Mutton 0
Galway: Annaghvaan 140
Galway: Crump 0
Galway: Dinish 0
Galway: Finish 0
Galway: Furnace 65
Galway: Gorumna 1,010
Galway: Illaunamid 0
Galway: Illauneeragh 0
Galway: Illauneeragh West 0
Galway: Illaunmore 1
Galway: Inchaghaun 2
Galway: Inchamakinna 0
Galway: Inishark 0
Galway: Inishbarra 1
Galway: Inishbofin 199
Galway: Inisheltia 0
Galway: Inisherk 0
Galway: Inishlackan 0
Galway: Total Aran Islands 1,225
Galway: Inishmaan 154
Galway: Inishmore 824
Galway: Inisheer 247
Galway: Inishnee 28
Galway: Inishtravin 1
Galway: Inishturk 1
Galway: Island Eddy 0
Galway: Islands in the North Sound 0
Galway: Lettermore 528
Galway: Lettermullan 213
Galway: Mason 0
Galway: Mweenish 140
Galway: Omey 2
Galway: Roeillaun 0
Galway: Rossroe 12
Galway: Rusheennacholla 7
Galway: Turbot 0
Kerry: Beginish 0
Kerry: Carrig 10
Kerry: Dinish 0
Kerry: Garinish 2
Kerry: Great Blasket 2
Kerry: Horse 0
Kerry: Illauntannig 0
Kerry: Rossmore 6
Kerry: Samphire 0
Kerry: Samphire Little 0
Kerry: Skellig Rock Great 0
Kerry: Tarbert 8
Kerry: Tearaght 0
Kerry: Valencia 713
Limerick: Foynes Island 0
Mayo: Achill 2,620
Mayo: Achillbeg 0
Mayo: Annagh 0
Mayo: Bartragh 0
Mayo: Black Rock 0
Mayo: Clare 136
Mayo: Clynish 5
Mayo: Collan More 18
Mayo: Crovinish 0
Mayo: Dorinish More and Dorinish Beg 0
Mayo: Eagle 0
Mayo: Illanataggart 0
Mayo: Inishbiggle 24
Mayo: Inishcottle 3
Mayo: Inishgort 1
Mayo: Inishgowla South 0
Mayo: Inishlyre 7
Mayo: Inishnakillew 3
Mayo: Inishraher 0
Mayo: Inishturk 58
Mayo: Island More 1
Mayo: Knockycahillaun 0
Mayo: Roman 0
Sligo: Conor's Island 0
Sligo: Dernish 1
Sligo: Inishmulclohy (or Coney Island) 6
Sligo: Oyster 0
Wexford: Bannow 0
Wexford: Beggerin 0
Wexford: Saltee Island Great 0
Wexford: Tuskar Rock 0

Counting only inhabited ones with no bridge or cable car..

Cork: Bear 187
Cork: Clear 125
Cork: Horse 2
Cork: Inishbeg 8
Cork: Inishodriscol or Hare 24
Cork: Long 5
Cork: Ringarogy 88
Cork: Sherkin 106
Cork: Whiddy 22
Donegal: Aran 522
Donegal: Aughnish 3
Donegal: Cruit 53
Donegal: Gola 4
Donegal: Inishbofin 36
Donegal: Inishfree Upper 9
Donegal: Inishkeeragh 7
Donegal: Island Roy 13
Donegal: Owey 27
Donegal: Rutland or Inishmacadurn 13
Donegal: Tory 142
Dublin: Lambay 6
Galway: Illaunmore 1
Galway: Inchaghaun 2
Galway: Inishbarra 1
Galway: Inishbofin 199
Galway: Inishmaan 154
Galway: Inishmore 824
Galway: Inisheer 247
Galway: Inishnee 28
Galway: Inishtravin 1
Galway: Inishturk 1
Galway: Omey 2
Galway: Rossroe 12
Galway: Rusheennacholla 7
Kerry: Carrig 10
Kerry: Garinish 2
Kerry: Great Blasket 2
Kerry: Rossmore 6
Kerry: Tarbert 8
Mayo: Clare 136
Mayo: Clynish 5
Mayo: Collan More 18
Mayo: Inishbiggle 24
Mayo: Inishcottle 3
Mayo: Inishgort 1
Mayo: Inishlyre 7
Mayo: Inishnakillew 3
Mayo: Inishturk 58
Mayo: Island More 1
Sligo: Dernish 1

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

We are the closest land South East from Greenland

O rly?

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=60.020952,-13.535156&spn=22.612778,86.572266&t=m&z=4

Capt'n Midnight

Skinnykenyan wrote: »

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Who mentioned Greenland? The op asked about islands off the coast of Ireland and another poster rather astutely pointed out that Britain is the biggest. I believe theirs 25km between the closest points of Ireland and Britain. Theirs hundreds of kms between Ireland and Greenland
Edit:21kms

You'll remember that the average altitude of the Greenland Ice sheet is over 2.1km far higher than the Island of Britain and from a volumetric view point there are far less people on Greenland per Km3

And it has communities

Capt'n Midnight

Victor wrote: »

O rly?

http://maps.google.ie/?ll=60.020952,-13.535156&spn=22.612778,86.572266&t=m&z=4

Iceland is to the East

Capt'n Midnight

Skinnykenyan wrote: »

Theirs hundreds of kms between Ireland and Greenland
Edit:21kms

:pac:

Cookie_Monster

Lambey would prob qualify, half dozen live there maybe permanently, privately owned and has a "proper" settlement, houses, church, harbour etc


Fuck all on Rockall :pac:

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Iceland is to the East

Depends where in Greenland you are

Skinnykenyan

21 kms between Ireland and Britain is what I actually meant not Greenland.. I'm not being bad here lad but nobody mentioned Greenland it's not off the coast of Ireland nobody mentioned its altitude or population. So wtf are you actually talking about. You might think your funny with your stupid little laughing face but your talking utter sh*te

Capt'n Midnight

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Depends where in Greenland you are

Of course I'm assuming you are more likely to be in places that have the highest population density seeing as how most of the rest of it is a desert.

DK man

Was on Owey a few days ago and was told by native islanders who live on mainland that nobody lives on island all year round. Most go over during the summer and fix up their old houses and spend some time on the island. A lot just go over for day visits as it is so close to mainland it's very accessible by s small boat.

I was surprised to see so many of the houses being renovated - about 5 years ago most were ruins but now most are patched up and some done tastefully while others are being destroyed by pvc windows and tile roofs etc.

Very beautiful and worth a visit if you get the opportunity