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Roancarrigmore

Coordinates: 51°39′11″N 9°44′51″W / 51.65306°N 9.74750°W / 51.65306; -9.74750
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Roancarrigmore
Native name:
Róncharraig Mhór
Lighthouse on Roancarrigmore in the Bantry Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1121216
Roancarrigmore is located in island of Ireland
Roancarrigmore
Roancarrigmore
Geography
LocationBantry Bay
Coordinates51°39′11″N 9°44′51″W / 51.65306°N 9.74750°W / 51.65306; -9.74750
Administration
ProvinceMunster
CountyCork
Demographics
Population0

Roancarrigmore (Gaeilge: Róncharraig Mhór[1]) is an uninhabited island in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland and is home to Roancarrigmore Lighthouse, which was replaced in 2012 by a solar powered lighthouse after 165 years of operation.[2]

In September 2016 the lighthouse was put up for sale.[3]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18410—    
185110—    
18617−30.0%
18714−42.9%
18819+125.0%
189111+22.2%
19012−81.8%
19112+0.0%
YearPop.±%
19262+0.0%
19362+0.0%
19462+0.0%
19514+100.0%
19562−50.0%
19612+0.0%
19662+0.0%
19713+50.0%
YearPop.±%
19790−100.0%
198100.00%
198600.00%
199100.00%
199600.00%
200200.00%
200600.00%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

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