View of Donegal mainland from Arranmore

Arranmore Island (Árainn Mhór in Irish) is the largest inhabited island in County Donegal, and the second largest in all of Ireland, with a population of 528 in 2006, down from 543 in 2002, and over 600 in 1996. The island is part of the Donegal Gaeltacht. It is also known in English as Aran Island. In Irish the island was traditionally called Árainn the adjective mór (great) was added fairly recently. It was also sometimes called in Irish Árainn Uí Dhomhnaill the "Aran of the O Donnells". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 745 KB)View of mainland Donegal from Arranmore Island. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 745 KB)View of mainland Donegal from Arranmore Island. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Lifford Code: DL Area: 4,841 km² Population (2006) 146,956 Website: www. ... Gaeltacht regions in Ireland Gaeltacht (pronounced ; plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region. ...

The island was the first offshore island in the Republic of Ireland to get electricity from the Rural Electrification Scheme in 1957, but was amongst the last places in the country to get universally reliable piped water (in the 1980s) and an automatic phone exchange (in the 1990s). It went directly from a manual switchboard to an ISDN-enabled system, which had to be upgraded within weeks due to massive demand for consumer phone lines, as the previous exchange had been limited to issuing numbers to business ventures only, and only had 47 internal lines. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... ISDN is also short for isosorbide dinitrate Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a type of circuit switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital (as opposed to analog) transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds, than available with analog...

The island lies 3 miles off Burtonport and a ferry, that accommodates up to 128 foot passengers and all sizes of vehicles, runs daily all year. The trip to the island affords spectacular views and takes between 25-30 minutes passing a number of small islands before crossing a stretch of open Atlantic water. Most of the population lives along the southern and (comparatively sheltered) eastern coast. It has been settled since pre-Celtic times, and the few remaining signs of early settlement include a promontory fort to the south of the island and shell middens dotted along the beaches. Its position near the Atlantic shipping lanes was exploited, with a coastguard station and a lighthouse positioned on the most north-westerly point, and a World War 2 monitoring post set up to look out for U-Boats. Burtonport (Ailt an Chorráin in Irish) is a fishing village situated on the northwest coast of Ireland, some 7 km beyond Dungloe in County Donegal. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ... Dunbeg, promontory fort on Mount Eagle, Dingle Peninsula, Co. ... A midden, also known as kitchen middens, is a dump for domestic waste. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. ... A HDR image of a traditional lighthouse For other uses, see Lighthouse (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ...

The island is home to Ireland's only island-based football team, and formerly Donegal's only non-inshore lifeboat service. The Arranmore station, with its Severn class lifeboat, remains the best equipped in the county. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Severn class lifeboat in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. ... The Severn class lifeboat is the largest lifeboat used by the RNLI and is an afloat boat (it is left afloat, cf. ...

It relies mostly on tourism for its income (fishing was the island's mainstay up to the 1980s but is no longer a significant industry), as well as the traditional Gaeltacht summer schools. In recent years, a local development co-op has encouraged the development of other industries on the island, such as a call centre and teacher training for Irish teachers. The island's many lakes provide excellent rod fishing opportunities. Tourists on Oʻahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or pass their lives in water. ... For cooperative as used in biochemistry, see cooperative binding. ... A very large collections call center in Lakeland, FL. A call centre or call center (see spelling differences) is a centralized office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. ...

With no less than six pubs, Arranmore is a pub crawler's dream. Given that there is no permanent Garda Siochana presence on the island, the pubs are usually lax in adhering to closing times, if at all. A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ...

For a visitor, the island has a character distinct from Donegal, partly through its separation from the mainland and partly through its diaspora outside Ireland. The island, in common with many communities at the edge of Europe, has shed people to many parts of the English-speaking world. These are not lost, however, and many return for the summer school holidays, doubling the resident population. It can be surprisingly lively for teenagers! Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall) is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. ... The term: diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – a scattering or sowing of seeds) is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands; being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture. ...

The result is that a visitor is not conscious of being in the Gaeltacht and football - soccer - is preferred to GAA sports. The island hosts the Arranmore Challenge, an annual soccer competition every June bank holiday weekend where 16 teams compete over 2 days. The competition has increased in popularity every year since it was introduced in 2001 and hosts teams from all over Ireland and Britain. Gaeltacht regions in Ireland Gaeltacht (pronounced ; plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region. ... A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic Games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. ...

Places and Villages on Arranmore Island

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See also

• Lighthouses in Ireland
• Ulster Irish

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External links

• Árainn Mhór Official Website
• Irish language courses on Árainn Mhór
• Árainn Mhór Ferry Service