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Cruit Island

Cruit Island (Irish: An Chruit[2] or Oileán na Cruite) is a small inhabited island in the Rosses district in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is linked to the mainland by a bridge.

Culture

Cruit Island has a strong musical heritage. Seán McBride (Irish: Seán Mac Giolla Bhride), a native of Cruit who spent most of his life both living in and working as a teacher in St. Johnston in East Donegal, wrote the Irish ballad The Homes of Donegal in 1955.[3][failed verification][4] The song Thíos Cois na Trá Domh originates from the island and remains a popular song in the Donegal Gaeltacht to this day.[citation needed]

Demographics

References

  1. ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "An Chruit / Cruit Island". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Recent travel videos from around the web". tripatlas.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  4. ^ St Johnston and Carrigans Donegal: 'Tributes to retiring St. Johnston teacher' (Derry People - Donegal News, 23 January 1973). https://www.stjohnstonandcarrigans.com/mcbride.html

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