Arranmore
Árainn Mhór
Arranmore | |
|---|---|
Island | |
Aerial view of Arranmore (left) | |
| Coordinates: 54°59′22″N 8°31′51″W / 54.98953°N 8.53089°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Barony | Boylagh |
| District | The Rosses |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| Area | |
• Total | 22 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 478 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | B665155 |
| Árainn Mhór is the only official name. The anglicised spelling 'Arranmore' has no official status. | |
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Árainn Mhór (English name: Arranmore) is an island off the west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Arranmore is the largest inhabited island of County Donegal, with a population of 478 in 2022, but has had a gradually falling native population since the 1990s. Its main settlement is Leabgarrow. The island is part of the Gaeltacht, with most of the inhabitants speaking Ulster Irish.
It is also known in English as Aran Island (not to be confused with the Aran Islands off Galway Bay or the Scottish Isle of Arran). In Irish it was traditionally called Árainn; the adjective mór (large) was added fairly recently. It was also sometimes called Árainn Uí Dhomhnaill, 'Aran of the O'Donnells'.