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{{Short description|Large island off the coast of Galway}}
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'''Gorumna''' ([[Irish language]]: ''Gorumna'') is an island on the west coast of [[Ireland]], forming part of [[County Galway]]. Gorumna Island is linked with the mainland through the Bealadangan Bridge. It had a population of 1,010 as of 2006.
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| image_caption = Droim Quay at south end of Garmna
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[[File:Garmna (Gorumna) island church - geograph.org.uk - 1250168.jpg|thumb|Garmna island church]]
'''Gorumna''' ({{irish place name|Garmna}}) is an island on the west coast of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], forming part of [[County Galway]].


== Geography ==
Gorumna properly consists of three individual islands in close proximity, [[Lettermullen]], [[Tír an Fhia]] and [[Lettermore]].
Gorumna Island is linked with the mainland through the Béal an Daingin Bridge.
Gorumna properly consists of three individual islands in close proximity, [[Lettermullen]], [[Teeranea]] (Irish: ''Tír an Fhia'') and [[Lettermore]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mapcarta.com/18273538 | title=Gorumna Island | publisher=Mapcarta | access-date=17 June 2020 }}</ref>

==Contribution to Irish traditional music==
During the 1860s in [[South Boston, Massachusetts]], Bríd Ní Mháille, an immigrant from the Gorumna village of Trá Bhán, composed the Irish-language ''[[Keening|caoine]]'' '' [[Amhrán na Trá Bháine]]'', which is about the drowning of her three brothers, whose ''[[currach]]'' was rammed and sunk while they were out at sea. Ní Mháille's lament for her brothers was first performed at a [[ceilidh]] in South Boston before being brought back to her native district in [[Connemara]], where it continues to be passed down as both a work of [[oral poetry]] and as a very popular song among performers and fans of [[Irish traditional music]].<ref> [https://www.joeheaney.org/en/curachai-na-tra-baine/ Cartlanna Seosaimh Uí Éanaí: Curachaí na Trá Báine].</ref>

== Geology ==
Gorumna Island is mostly underlain by intrusive [[Devonian]]-aged Galway [[Granite]] that formed from crustal melting as a result of the [[Caledonian orogeny|Caledonian Orogeny]] in the late [[Silurian]]. Its southern tip also includes [[Ordovician]]-aged bedrock of [[Sedimentary rock|sedimentary]] marine rocks and [[basalt]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Holland, C. H. (Charles Hepworth) Sanders, Ian.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/679356088|title=The geology of Ireland|date=2009|publisher=Dunedin Academic|isbn=978-1-903544-49-5|oclc=679356088}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The table below reports data on Gorumna Island's population taken from ''Discover the Islands of Ireland'' (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the [[census]] of Ireland.{{Historical populations
| align = none
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|footnote= Source: {{cite web |url= http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=CNA17&Planguage=0 |title= CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year |author= Central Statistics Office |website= CSO.ie |access-date=12 October 2016}}

|1841|1910
|1851|1064
|1861|1109
|1871|1417
|1881|1798
|1891|1706
|1901|1620
|1911|1540
|1926|1451
|1936|1363
|1946|1418
|1951|1440
|1956|1412
|1961|1334
|1966|1211
|1971|1108
|1979|1122
|1981|1120
|1986|1080
|1991|1082
|1996|1057
|2002|1015
|2006|1010
|2011|1055
|2016|1019
|2022|1044
}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Table%208-11.pdf Irish Census 2006 - Table 11 - Population of Inhabited Islands off the Coast] (PDF)
*[http://irishislands.info/census/graphs/numbers.html Islands - Change in Population 1841 - 2011]

==Other projects==
* {{commons category-inline|Gorumna Island}}
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{{County Galway}}


[[Category:Islands of County Galway]]
[[Category:Islands of County Galway]]
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 29 June 2023

Gorumna
Native name:
Garmna
Droim Quay at south end of Garmna
Gorumna is located in island of Ireland
Gorumna
Gorumna
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates53°15′N 9°41′W / 53.25°N 9.68°W / 53.25; -9.68
Administration
ProvinceConnacht
CountyGalway
Demographics
Population1044 (2022[1])
Garmna island church

Gorumna (Irish: Garmna) is an island on the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Galway.

Geography[edit]

Gorumna Island is linked with the mainland through the Béal an Daingin Bridge. Gorumna properly consists of three individual islands in close proximity, Lettermullen, Teeranea (Irish: Tír an Fhia) and Lettermore.[2]

Contribution to Irish traditional music[edit]

During the 1860s in South Boston, Massachusetts, Bríd Ní Mháille, an immigrant from the Gorumna village of Trá Bhán, composed the Irish-language caoine Amhrán na Trá Bháine, which is about the drowning of her three brothers, whose currach was rammed and sunk while they were out at sea. Ní Mháille's lament for her brothers was first performed at a ceilidh in South Boston before being brought back to her native district in Connemara, where it continues to be passed down as both a work of oral poetry and as a very popular song among performers and fans of Irish traditional music.[3]

Geology[edit]

Gorumna Island is mostly underlain by intrusive Devonian-aged Galway Granite that formed from crustal melting as a result of the Caledonian Orogeny in the late Silurian. Its southern tip also includes Ordovician-aged bedrock of sedimentary marine rocks and basalt.[4]

Demographics[edit]

The table below reports data on Gorumna Island's population taken from Discover the Islands of Ireland (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the census of Ireland.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18411,910—    
18511,064−44.3%
18611,109+4.2%
18711,417+27.8%
18811,798+26.9%
18911,706−5.1%
19011,620−5.0%
19111,540−4.9%
19261,451−5.8%
YearPop.±%
19361,363−6.1%
19461,418+4.0%
19511,440+1.6%
19561,412−1.9%
19611,334−5.5%
19661,211−9.2%
19711,108−8.5%
19791,122+1.3%
19811,120−0.2%
YearPop.±%
19861,080−3.6%
19911,082+0.2%
19961,057−2.3%
20021,015−4.0%
20061,010−0.5%
20111,055+4.5%
20161,019−3.4%
20221,044+2.5%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Gorumna Island". Mapcarta. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ Cartlanna Seosaimh Uí Éanaí: Curachaí na Trá Báine.
  4. ^ Holland, C. H. (Charles Hepworth) Sanders, Ian. (2009). The geology of Ireland. Dunedin Academic. ISBN 978-1-903544-49-5. OCLC 679356088.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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