Dinish Island

53°15′43″N 9°45′14″W / 53.262°N 9.754°W / 53.262; -9.754Area0,182,109 km² (70,313 sq mi)^[1]Highest elevation40 m (130 ft)^[1]AdministrationProvinceConnachtCountyGalwayDemographicsPopulation0 (2006)

Dinish, (Irish: Daighinis), is a small island on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland.

The island is connected to the island of Lettermullen and is part of a group of islands collectively known as Ceantar na nOileán.^[2] The island has no permanent population and is not connected via a bridge, however access is possible via boat or on foot at low tide.^{[citation needed]}

The island has had a permanent population in recent history with a population of nine families in 1911.^[3]

Dinish is mentioned in the essay "In Connemara" by John Millington Synge.^{[citation needed]}

It was owned in the 1950s and 1960s by Dr Alfred Thompson Schofield, surgeon and author of "Scientific Diets for African Children"^[4] (1936) and a prominent missionary for the Church Missionary Society (Uganda).

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