Inishturk South


Inishturk is a small island and a townland of County Galway, in Ireland. The island is also referred as Inishturk South in order to tell it apart from the Inishturk island located in County Mayo.

Geography

Inisturk lies off the Irish coast not faraway from Clifden and Cleggan. It is located between Turbot and Omey Island. On the hill topping the island stands a radio-TV mast. The easiest place to land on Inishturk is the SE part of the island.

History

A small community used to live on the island up to the mid-20th century, but it later become uninhabited. At the end of the 20th century some old buildings were transformed into holiday houses.

Demographics

The table below shows data on Inisturk's population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland and the Census of Ireland.