Dinish Island
Dinish, (Irish: Daighinis), is a small island on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. GeographyThe island is connected to the island of Lettermullen and is part of a group of islands collectively known as Ceantar na nOileán.[2] The island has no permanent population and is not connected via a bridge, however access is possible via boat or on foot at low tide.[citation needed] HistoryThe island has had a permanent population in recent history with a population of nine families in 1911.[3] Dinish is mentioned in the essay "In Connemara" by John Millington Synge.[citation needed] It was owned in the 1950s and 1960s by Dr Alfred Thompson Schofield, surgeon and author of "Scientific Diets for African Children"[4] (1936) and a prominent missionary for the Church Missionary Society (Uganda).
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