Inishark

Inishark

Inishark or Inishshark ("Inis Airc" in Irish; sometimes known as Shark Island) is a small island neighbouring the larger Inishbofin in County Galway, Ireland. Now uninhabited, the last 23 inhabitants of this former isolated fishing and farming community were evacuated in 1960. The islanders had been unable to leave for months in winter and the government opted to resettle them on the mainland rather than build an expensive pier on the island.

Like Inishbofin, Inishark is composed almost entirely of Silurian slates and shales. It rises to 100 metres above sea level.

Trivia

*The island's patron saint was St. Leo. The remains of a 19th century church named after him lie on Inishark today. [. New York Times. Hoffstoff, Darlyn Brewer, Where Legends Outnumber People, August 1, 1999. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E5D7113EF932A3575BC0A96F958260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=2 |accessdate=2007-02-06]

External links

* [http://www.doonmore.com/inishark.htm The story in the Daily Mirror about the day the island was evacuated]

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