Coney Island

Coney Island or Inishmulclohy, in County Sligo, Ireland, is considered one of several islands of the identical name off the coast of Ireland. It is an island of approximately four hundred acres and is called after the full-size quantity of rabbits which may be noticed on the island at any time is an English word for a rabbit or rabbit hair, deriving from the Latin cuniculus, meaning "rabbit". In 1862 the island had a populace of 124 humans, with 45 youngsters attending the nearby college. The island now has handiest one circle of relatives of everlasting inhabitants however has many other brief citizens, in particular within the summer season months.

The island won power in 1999 through an underground cable. Coney Island is accessible by boat from Rosses Point, or by using riding or strolling over the causeway, two and a half kilometers across Cummeen Strand, guided by 14 pillars, at low tide. The bollards had been built within the mid-1800s, lining up with the Black Rock lighthouse, to resource in night time tour throughout the bay.