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Inis Cú

Island

What is recorded here

Inis Cú is a 108-acre island half a mile off Burtonport where thirty-eight people lived in 1841, mostly coastguards and their families. Children rowed across a quarter-mile channel to school on Rutland Island while their parents watched the sea for drowning sailors. The coastguard station built in 1830 still stands, though it closed in 1895 after decades of ferries, rescues and famine relief.
Inis Cú is recorded as a island in County Donegal. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Inis Cú is a small island located off the coast of County Donegal, traditionally associated with early monastic or hermitage sites in the region. It is notable for its historical connection to Gaelic monastic traditions, though specific records of people who lived there are scarce.

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