Canon Island

Canon Island
Native name: Oileán na gCanánach
	Canon Island
Geography
Location	Shannon Estuary
Coordinates	52°40′N 9°03′W / 52.667°N 9.050°W
Administration
	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Clare
Demographics
Population	0

Canon Island (Irish: Oileán na gCanánach)^[1] is an island and townland situated in the Shannon Estuary, in County Clare, Ireland. It is about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) east of the village of Kildysart and about 1.5 km (0.9 mi) from the shore on the mainland.

The island is home to the ruins of Canon Island Abbey, an Augustinian monastery built in the late 12th century.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1841	54	—
1851	37	−31.5%
1861	39	+5.4%
1871	39	+0.0%
1881	30	−23.1%
1891	24	−20.0%
1901	24	+0.0%
1911	20	−16.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1926	18	−10.0%
1936	12	−33.3%
1946	9	−25.0%
1951	7	−22.2%
1956	6	−14.3%
1961	5	−16.7%
1966	4	−20.0%
1971	5	+25.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1979	0	−100.0%
1981	0	0.00%
1986	0	0.00%
1991	0	0.00%
1996	0	0.00%
2002	0	0.00%
2006	0	0.00%

Source:s Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

References

^ "Oileán na gCanánach/Canon Island". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Comerford, Patrick. "Canon Island: a monastic retreat among 29 islands in the Shannon estuary". Retrieved 20 August 2021.

External links

Canon Island Farm

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis at Library Ireland

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[logainm-1] "Oileán na gCanánach/Canon Island". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 9 July 2023.

[2] Comerford, Patrick. "Canon Island: a monastic retreat among 29 islands in the Shannon estuary". Retrieved 20 August 2021.

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