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Inishkea Island
Inis Cé | |
|---|---|
 Inishkea North | |
  Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°13′30″N 9°59′28″W / 54.225°N 9.991°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 2 |
| Irish Grid Reference | F701326 |
| As this is a Gaeltacht town, the Irish Béal an Mhuirthead is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Belmullet has no official standing. | |
Belmullet or Béal an Mhuirthead (Irish for "mouth of the Mullet [Peninsula]")[2] is a coastal Gaeltacht town with a population of around 1,000 on the Mullet Peninsula in the barony of Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the commercial and cultural heart of the barony of Erris, which has a population of almost 10,000.
The area is popular for lots of different activities, mainly water activities including island trips to the well known Inishkea Islands that are located three kilometres of the coast of Belmullet.
The Inishkea Islands (Saint Kay's Island, Irish: Inis Cé) are situated off the coast of the Mullet peninsula in Ireland. There are two main islands - Inishkea North and Inishkea South.
The islands have a very small population of two people for the last number of years although the population increases to around 15 people during the summer months of May to September. In the 1900s the islands were populated with more than 350 people.
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Béal An Mhuirthead". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Belmullet". Placenames Database of Ireland. 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
