DINISH ISLAND, in the parish of KILCROHANE, barony of DUNKERRON, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 2½ miles (S. S. W.) from Hogs Head, on the southern side of Ballinaskelligs bay, and about the same distance (W.) from Lamb’s Head, at the N.W. extremity of the Kenmare estuary, and on the western coast.
It is the smaller
of the two Islands called the Hogs, and, together with the larger one
called Scariff, is held by Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P., from
the Earl of Cork. It is inhabited by three families, who are chiefly,
employed, in the care of cattle grazed on the island. Close to these islands
the depth of water is 28 fathoms; between them and Lambs Head are several
smaller islands and rocks.
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