St Ishmael (Welsh: Llanismel or Llanishmael) is a hamlet[1] and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

[2] It comprises the villages of Ferryside and Llansaint and the surrounding rural areas.

This ward stretched north from St. Ishmael to include Llandyfaelog, with a total population of 2,674.

[3] Local county councillor, Mair Stephens, died on 9 January 2022 after a long illness.

[4] Following a local government boundary review (and despite opposition from St Ishmael's and Llandyfaelog's community councils), the St Ishmael ward was reconfigured, losing Llandyfaelog and combining with neighbouring Kidwelly to become 'Kidwelly and St Ishmael' from the May 2022 local elections.