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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.

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

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1841258—    
1851252−2.3%
1861260+3.2%
1871273+5.0%
1881286+4.8%
1891252−11.9%
1901245−2.8%
1911255+4.1%
1926237−7.1%
YearPop.±%
1936279+17.7%
1946172−38.4%
1951151−12.2%
1956135−10.6%
1961107−20.7%
196686−19.6%
197169−19.8%
197984+21.7%
198183−1.2%
YearPop.±%
198689+7.2%
199177−13.5%
199670−9.1%
200261−12.9%
200653−13.1%
201185+60.4%
201660−29.4%
202292+53.3%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

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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