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Cruit Island An Chruit
Populated place
South side of the island
Cruit Island Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°01′53″N 8°25′03″W / 55.031268°N 8.417521°W / 55.031268; -8.417521
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Barony	Boylagh
District	The Rosses
Population  (2022) [1]	92
Time zone	UTC+0 ( WET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	B847228

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 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]}

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