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Mayo islands
Acaill Bheag (Achillbeg) is a small island in County Mayo , Ireland , just off the southern tip of Achill Island .
Etymology
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Its name means Little Achill .
History
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Acaill Bheag was evacuated in 1965 after being inhabited for over 3000 years[1] mainland . The main settlement was in the centre of the island, bounded by two hills to the north and south. There are a small number of holiday homes on the island, but they are usually empty for most of the year. Access to the island is from Cé Mhór , in the village of An Chloich Mhór (Cloghmore), by local arrangement. A lighthouse on Acaill Bheag's southern tip was completed in 1965.
A comprehensive book about the life and times of the island and the people and way of life there, "Achillbeg - The Life of an Island", by Jonathan Beaumont was published in 2005.[2]
The Irish artist Pete Hogan wrote a book about his time spent living on the island in 1983, The Artist on the Island: An Achill Journal which was published in 2013.[3]
Demographics
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The table below reports data on Achillbeg's population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (1999)[4] Census of Ireland.
Historical population
Year 1841 178 — 1851 149 −16.3% 1861 137 −8.1% 1871 93 −32.1% 1881 105 +12.9% 1891 113 +7.6% 1901 104 −8.0% 1911 117 +12.5% 1926 99 −15.4%
Year 1936 67 −32.3% 1946 63 −6.0% 1951 54 −14.3% 1956 50 −7.4% 1961 38 −24.0% 1966 0 −100.0% 1971 0 0.00% 1979 0 0.00% 1981 0 0.00%
Year 1986 0 0.00% 1991 0 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 2006 0 0.00% 2011 0 0.00% 2016 1 —
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year" . CSO.ie . Retrieved 12 October 2016 .
References
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^ Beaumont, Jonathan (28 February 2005). Achillbeg: The Life of an Island . The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853616310
^ Hogan, Pete (3 February 2014). The Artist on the Island: An Achill Journal . The Liffey Press. ISBN 9781908308498
^ Ritsema, Alex (1 January 1999). Discover the Islands of Ireland . The Collins Press . ISBN 1898256675
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