Coney Island, County Sligo

This article is about the island in County Sligo. For other uses, see Coney Island.
Coney Island
Native name:
Inis Uí Mhaolchluiche
Overview from Knocknarea
Coney Island is located in island of Ireland
Coney Island
Coney Island
Location in Ireland
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates54°17′46″N 8°35′17″W / 54.2962°N 8.588°W / 54.2962; -8.588
Area1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Administration
ProvinceConnacht
CountySligo
Demographics
Population1 (2022)[1]
An old road on the island; mainland and Sligo in background

Coney Island or Inishmulclohy (Irish: Inis Uí Mhaolchluiche)[2] is an island in Sligo Bay, Ireland. It lies across the mouth of Sligo Harbour, between Rosses Point and the Coolera Peninsula, and can be reached from the latter via a tidal causeway. The Irish name means "O'Mulclohy's island", in reference to a once powerful local family,[3] while the English name means "island of rabbits".

History

In 1862 the island had a population of 124 people, with 45 children attending the local school. The island now has only one family of permanent inhabitants (traceable back to the 1750s) but has many other temporary residents, especially in the summer months.[4] The island gained electricity in 1999 via an underground cable.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1841124—    
1851104−16.1%
186195−8.7%
187193−2.1%
188159−36.6%
189157−3.4%
190164+12.3%
191159−7.8%
192647−20.3%
YearPop.±%
193636−23.4%
194629−19.4%
195125−13.8%
195614−44.0%
196110−28.6%
19669−10.0%
19715−44.4%
19797+40.0%
19817+0.0%
YearPop.±%
19866−14.3%
19915−16.7%
19966+20.0%
20023−50.0%
20066+100.0%
20112−66.7%
20163+50.0%
20221−66.7%
Sources: [6][7][1]

Folklore

There are also stories of faeries, mermaids and spirits on Coney Island, and visitors can try to find the elusive St Patrick's wishing chair, St Patrick's well, the remains of a washed up whale and some fairy forts.[4]

In the late 1700s, the merchant ship Arethusa sailed the route between Sligo and New York City. Regarding the naming of New York's Coney Island: one theory is that the ship's captain named that island after Sligo's Coney Island.[8]

Access

The Coney Island causeway

Coney Island is accessible by boat from Rosses Point, or by driving or walking over the causeway, two and a half kilometres across Cummeen Strand, guided by 14 pillars, at low tide. The bollards were constructed in the mid-1800s, lining up with the Black Rock lighthouse, to aid in night time travel across the bay. A spate of drowning tragedies in the 1800s, including that of the then owner of the island, William Dorrin, in 1823, prompted the construction of the bollards.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall: Irish Names and Surnames. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son. p. 607.
  4. ^ a b Discoverireland.ie - Coney Island
  5. ^ Moran, Michael. "Sligo Champion, April 1999". Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Our Living Islands – National Islands Policy 2023-2033" (PDF). Department of Rural and Community Development. June 2023. p. 82. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  7. ^ "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. ^ McGowan, Joe (2015). Sligo Folk Tales. The History Press. p. 78. ISBN 9780750965552.
  9. ^ McGoldrick, Seamus. History of Cummeen Strand
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