Sherkin Island

Sherkin Island
Native name: Inis Arcáin
	View from the highest point of Sherkin Island
	Sherkin Island
Geography
Location	Celtic Sea
Coordinates	51°28′N 9°25′W / 51.467°N 9.417°W
Area	5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)approx
Highest elevation	189.3 m (621.1 ft)
Administration
	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Cork
Demographics
Population	110 (2022)

Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin (Irish: Inis Arcáin),^[2] lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater Bay. It had a population of 111 people at the time of the 2016 Census,^[3] and measures five kilometres (three miles) long by 2.5 kilometres (1+1⁄2 miles) wide. The island has one pub, a bed and breakfast, a community centre and a Roman Catholic church.

^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Inis Arcáin – Sherkin Island". Irish Placenames Database (logainm.ie). Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "Populated off-shore islands". chg.gov.ie. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[Census2022-1] Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[2] "Inis Arcáin – Sherkin Island". Irish Placenames Database (logainm.ie). Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[2016census-3] "Populated off-shore islands". chg.gov.ie. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

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