Inishsirrer () is a small island and a townland off the coast of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
Inishsirrer is around off the coast of Gweedore, not faraway from Inishmeane. It is around long and wide.
A small community has lived on the island since the mid 19th century. In the 1858 Griffiths Valuation of Ireland 3 families had houses on the island with a further 13 owning land as well as agricultural buildings on the island. Many descendants of these original settlers still own land on the island to this day.
Some people moved to the island during the famine in order to escape the effects of the Irish Famine and kept the land in the subsequent years.
The island had permanent families who would live on the island for the whole year and other families who would farm on the island during the winter while living on the mainland, however some of these families would then live on the island during the summer.
The island was still inhabited until the 1950s however the remaining islanders moved to the mainland mainly due to emigration of their children and the harsh weather conditions. Today tconditions.
Inishsirrer was known as a good spot for however many of the islanders descendants visit the island. lobster fishing.