Before the Great Famine of the 1850s the island had a population of 455. In 2011 the population was just 43. It is also home to lots of Irish hares but they were hiding from me, so I didn't see any.
In 2010 Monty Halls lived in a cottage on the island for six months while he was filming Monty Halls Great Irish Escape. You can stay in the same cottage, as it is rented as a self-catering holiday property. However it isn't the world's most exciting island, the road running down the west coast of the island is a bit narrow and the island doesn't have any amenities. It felt rather bleak to me even on a sunny evening in May.
About half way down the island there is a turning off the left down an even narrower lane, which leads to the ruined Chapel of St Matthew and an ancient graveyard. There are a couple of holy wells marked on the Ordnance Survey map but I didn't look for either of them.
Ruined cottage on Inishnee
View from a small car park looking east
Boat graveyard and pony
Small copse of trees
The town of Roundstone from Inishnee
Roundstone from Inishnee
New houses on Inishnee
Not sure what this ruin is
Plaque commemorating the opening of the new Inishnee Bridge in 2001
Mountains of Connemara from Inishnee
St Matthew's Chapel and Graveyard
I think the southern part of Inishnee used to be a separate tidal island, now linked by this causeway
Inishnee from Roundstone Harbour
Mountain of Connemara and Inishnee from Roundstone
Inishnee from Roundstone Harbour
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