Cruit Island
Island in County Donegal, Ireland
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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.
Cruit Island
An Chruit | |
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Populated place | |
 South side of the island | |
  Cruit Island Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°01′53″N 8°25′03″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Barony | Boylagh |
| District | The Rosses |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 92 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | B847228 |
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.[5]
Demographics
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| Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
