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In 1931, the last islander left.
The Guardian
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On the bank opposite the fort, the last islander killed during the struggle for independence was shot while trying to escape.
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Mont...
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The last islanders were evicted over the next two years.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
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Celebrated in Irish literature, they were inhabited until 1953 when the last islanders were evacuated.
The Irish Times