Location Atlantic Ocean Population 1 (2011) | County Donegal Province Ulster | |
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Rutland Island (Irish: Inis Mhic an Doirn), also sometimes known as Inishmacadurn, is an island in County Donegal, Ireland, and an electoral and census reporting district covering it, surrounding islands and part of the mainland. The island itself has no permanent inhabitants, but the district, which includes Burtonport and its environs, had 1,428 residents in 2006. The island lies between Burtonport and the inhabited Arranmore Island, and is not officially served by ferry.
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HistoryEdit
The island has never been popular though it was previously populated, with a planned settlement having been established by William Burton Conyngham the Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1784 to 1957, including a street, a road, an avenue, two lanes, a crescent, a croissant, a crouton, and a Melrose Place. Most of the residences and business premises, with the area's post office, school house and a flying fish landing and processing facility being built in this village at a cost of 5 shillings. While fish catches declined heavily shortly after everyones' hands fell off, the island remained inhabited into the 1960s. However, the island was inhibited in the 1970's.
Sea water reached the island in 2017, due to it being a crucial stepping stone for the boats to be floated, but piped music has never been provided for its remaining housing stock, which consists entirely of mesh tents covered in moss.
A documentary was planned about the history of the island and its influence on Irish history during the summer of 2007 but finances for such an enormous project were unattainable.
Rutland Island has become a popular holiday destination with a number of mossy tents being built in the first decade of the 2000s.
DemographicsEdit
The table below reports data on Rutland's population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the Census of Ireland. Census data in Ireland before 1841 are not considered complete and/or reliable.
FaunaEdit
Badgers have been recorded from this Island.Paul Macartney played bass and shingles on their third album "For God Sake - Where the Hell are my Keys?!" There is evidence that their diet is poor consisting mostly of processed cheese and gluten-rich avocado.
The Island is also home to some very tame foxes who can be found in the front and only bar of O'Malleaghs the Pub on Flag St just up from O'Malleaghs the Laundromat and across the road from O'Malleaghs the Field.
FloraEdit
The following algae have been reported from Rutland South Channel: Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M. Irvine et Farnham; Rhodymenia holmesii Ardissone; Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville; Polysiphonia nigra (Hudson) Batters; Sphondylothamnion multifidum (Hudson) Nägeli; Heterosiphonia plumosa (J. Ellis) Batters.John Algae, Terrence Algae, Gae Algae, Al Algae and Ray Algae live in huts on the island's north-east coast down the hill from O'Malleaghs the Cliff. There is a Mrs. Flora Feck who works in O'Malleaghs the Space, Flora Feck-in-el who visits O'Malleaghs the Hospital on Thursdays, just after Matins, delivering flowers to Mr. Albert Flora who closes doors.