placenames1901 census
44People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Ginnane 32
- Normoyle 6
- Karin 4
- Dundon 1
- Quilty 1
Coney Island
Oileán na gCoiníní
The original census records the island community separately from neighbouring Fergus islands.
Recorded locationConey Island52.71095° N · 9.00826° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Oileán na gCoiníní · Irish · main form
- Coney Island · English · main form
Place & story
Forty-four inhabitants
The 1901 census counted forty-four inhabitants on Coney Island, twenty-three male and twenty-one female. Eleven of its twelve houses were occupied and one was empty. The population had been seventy in 1881 and forty-eight in 1891, with fourteen and eleven houses respectively. A footnote attached to the 1891 figures attributed that earlier decrease to emigration and removals; it does not explain the subsequent change to 1901. [2]
The island in the return
Coney appears among the islands in the River Fergus, under Killadysert parish and Kilchreest electoral division in Killadysert Union. Its recorded area was 262 acres, two roods and twelve perches. The same table gives separate entries for neighbouring islands, including Inishmacowney, so their inhabitants are not included in Coney’s population. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Civil parish
- Killadysert
- Coordinates
- 52.71095, -9.00826
- Mapped area
- 1.07 km²
- Logainm ID
- 6923 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
35People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Ginnane 27
- Normoyle 5
- Kerin 2
- Kelly 1
1926 census
41People recorded
9Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Ginnane 24
- Meaney 8
- Normoyle 5
- Kerin 2
- Callanan 1
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Coney Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Clare, printed p 38; published 1902 · Census Commissioners for Ireland
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.