What is recorded here
Ringarogy Island sits in Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, where a bridge now binds what the sea once kept separate. Its population fell from 597 in 1841 to 88 in 2022, a gradual thinning that suggests exile, poverty or simple change rather than sudden disaster. The bay may have taken young people, closed roads or changed work until only the stubborn remained.
Ringarogy Island is recorded as a island in County Cork. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Ringarogy Island is a small island located in the Barrow River in County Cork, historically associated with the Barrow Estuary's network of islands and waterways. It is notable for its ecological significance and potential archaeological remains, though specific historical records about its inhabitants are limited.
Places near here
Kill Burial Gd (Childrens)Burial ground · 753 yd
Reenmore IslandIslet · 1055 yd
AghillaunIslet · 1227 yd
Passage tomb in The Lag (ringarogy Island)Passage tomb · 1337 yd
Lag Bridgebridge · 1570 yd
post boxpost box · 1.0 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.0 mi
Bawn in BallylinchyBawn · 1.1 mi
Wave Chieftain Whale WatchingHeritage attraction · 1.2 mi
The Beaconbeacon · 2.0 mi
Beacon PointViewpoint · 2.0 mi
Wild Atlantic WayVisitor information · 2.0 miOther information
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