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| area_footnotes = <ref name=ia1>{{cite web |url= http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html |title= OSI Maps, 6" Cassini Maps |website= osi.ie |publisher= Ordnance Survey Ireland |accessdate= 9 May 2022 |archive-date= 6 July 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200706032538/http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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| length_footnotes =<ref name=failte >{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverireland.ie/Ireland-s-Islands/The-Aran-Islands/Inishmore-Arainn |title = Inishmore - Árainn |publisher=[[Fáilte Ireland]] |access-date=7 April 2015 | website = www.discoverireland.ie}}</ref>
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| elevation_m = 123
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| country_admin_divisions_title = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[Connacht]]
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| population_as_of = 2022<ref>{{cite report |title=Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast|publisher=Central Statistics Office|date=2023 |access-date=29 June 2023|url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1019}}</ref>
| density_km2 = 24.7
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[[File:Inishmore - 000.jpg|thumb|[[Cill Rónáin]]]]
[[File:Dún Aonghusa internal.jpg|thumb|Photograph from within [[Dún Aonghusa]] on Inis Mór in Galway Bay, Ireland, a prehistoric coastal hill fort]]
'''Inishmore''' ({{lang-ga|'''Árainn'''}} {{IPA-ga|ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ||GT Árainn.ogg}}, {{lang|ga|Árainn Mhór}} {{IPA-ga|ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ woːɾ|}} or {{lang|ga|Inis Mór}} {{IPA-ga|ˈɪnʲɪʃ mˠoːɾ|}}) is the largest of the [[Aran Islands]] in [[Galway Bay]], off the west coast of
The island is in the Irish-speaking [[Gaeltacht]] and has a strong [[Culture of Ireland|Irish culture]]. Much of the island is [[karst]] landscape and it has a wealth of ancient and medieval sites including [[Dún Aonghasa]], described as "the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe" by [[George Petrie (antiquarian)|George Petrie]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.frommers.com/destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=226&catID=0226020843| title=The Best of Ancient Ireland| publisher=Frommer's| access-date=1 March 2009| archive-date=2 March 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302230216/http://www.frommers.com/destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=226&catID=0226020843| url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Name==
Before the 20th century, the island was usually called
Because the island is in the [[Gaeltacht]],
==History==
During the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]], Inishmore was, similarly to [[Inishbofin, County Galway|Inishbofin]], used by the [[New Model Army]] as a prison camp for [[Roman Catholic priest]]s who were arrested while continuing their priestly ministry in [[nonviolent resistance]] to the [[Commonwealth of England]]'s 1653 decree of banishment. The last priests held in both islands were finally released following the [[Stuart Restoration]] in 1662.<ref>Nugent, Tony (2013). ''Were You at the Rock? The History of Mass Rocks in Ireland''. Liffey Press. Pages 51-52.</ref>
== Geology and geography ==
The island is an extension of [[the Burren]]. The terrain of the island is composed of [[limestone]] pavements with crisscrossing cracks known as "grikes", leaving isolated rocks called "clints".
The limestones date from the [[Visean]]
The effects of the [[last glacial period]] (the Midlandian) are evident, with the island overrun by ice. The result is that Inis Mór and the other islands are among the finer examples of Glacio-[[Karst]] landscape in the world
Solutional processes have widened and deepened the grikes of the limestone pavement. Pre-existing lines of weakness in the rock (vertical joints) contribute to the formation of extensive fissures separated by clints (flat pavement like slabs). The rock karstification facilitates the formation of subterranean drainage.
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==Flora and fauna==
The island supports [[arctic]], [[Mediterranean]] and [[Alps|alpine]] plants side by side, due to the unusual environment. Like the Burren, the Aran islands are known for their unusual assemblage of plants and animals.<ref>{{cite journal |title = Noteworthy Plants of the Burren: A Catalogue Raisonné|last = Webb |first = D. A. |journal = [[Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section B]] |publisher = [[Royal Irish Academy]] |issn = 0035-8983 |volume = 62 |year = 1961–1963 |pages = 117–34 |jstor = 20494847 }}</ref>
The grikes (crevices) provide moist shelter, thus supporting a wide range of plants including dwarf shrubs. Where the surface of the pavement is shattered into gravel, many of the hardier Arctic or alpine plants can be found.
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==Tourism==
[[File:Teampall Brecan - geograph.org.uk - 1471024.jpg|thumb|Na Seacht dTeampaill (The Seven Churches), Inis Mór]]
[[File:Poll na bPéist.jpg|thumb|Poll na bPéist]]
[[File:2017-06-16_4904x7356_inishmore_gravestone.jpg|alt=Gravestone|thumb|upright|A gravestone]]
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The ''Tempull Breccain'' (Church of Brecan), commonly called the Seven Churches of Aran, is a complex of churches and other buildings dedicated to the 5th-century [[Saint Brecan]], once a popular destination for pilgrims.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harbison|first=Peter|title=Pilgrimage in Ireland: The Monuments and the People|pages=93ff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyDiLU70TREC&pg=PA243|date=1 April 1995|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0312-2}}</ref> In the centre of the island, at its highest point is the [[Inishmore Lighthouse]], it was decommissioned in 1857 and replaced by the lights at [[Eeragh Lighthouse|Eeragh]] and [[Inisheer Lighthouse|Inisheer]].<ref name=rowlett>{{cite rowlett|irlw|access-date=7 June 2020 }}</ref>
The island plays host to [[Ted Fest]] each year.
==Sport==
Some of the limestone sea cliffs have attracted interest from [[climbing|rock-climbers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php/Aran_Islands|title=Aran Islands - Irish Climbing Online Wiki|website=wiki.climbing.ie}}</ref>
Diving is possible
==Transport==
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==In popular culture==
The island features heavily in [[Martin McDonagh]]'s play ''[[The Lieutenant of Inishmore]]''. McDonagh
Inis Mór was used as a recording location for the 1997 film ''[[The Matchmaker (1997 film)|The Matchmaker]]'' and the 2010 film ''[[Leap Year (2010 film)|Leap Year]]''.
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The island appeared on the premiere episode of ''[[The Amazing Race 12]]'' with teams needing to find [[Teampall Bheanáin]] after they arrived.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ari-bonas-staella-gianakakos-eliminated-from-the-amazing-race-12-6035.php|title=Ari Bonas, Staella Gianakakos eliminated from 'The Amazing Race 12'|work=Reality TV World|last=Rocchio|first=Christopher|date=5 November 2007|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref>
The music video for [[Dermot Kennedy]]'s "For Island Fires and Family" (video released 10 January 2019) was filmed entirely on Inis Mór.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joe.ie/music/dermot-kennedy-for-island-fires-and-family-video-654401|title=WATCH: Dermot Kennedy's stunning new video set on the Aran Islands|website=JOE.ie|language=en|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite
[[Inishmore (album)|Inishmore]] is the name of the tenth album by the New York heavy metal forefathers Riot (now going under [[Riot V]] moniker) and loosely based on tales of Irish famine and emigration, employing many Celtic/Irish sounding passages, as well as an instrumental cover of a well known Irish song [[Danny Boy]].
==Notable inhabitants== <!-- sorted by birth date -->
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* [[Mahon mac Turlough Mantach Ó Briain]], Chief of Inis Mór, died 1565
* [[Murrough mac Toirdelbach Ó Briain]], Chief of Inis Mór, fl. 1575–1588
* [[Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh]],
* [[
* [[Bridget Dirrane]], [[centenarian]],
* [[Liam O'Flaherty]], [[bilingual]] playwright, novelist and short story writer, 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984
* [[
* [[Máirtín Ó Direáin]], Irish language poet and highly important figure in [[Modern literature in Irish]], 1910–1988
* [[Breandán Ó hEithir]], writer and
* [[Tim Robinson (cartographer)|Tim Robinson]], author,
* [[Maura Derrane]], [[RTÉ]] television presenter, born 1970
* Barbara Feeney (née Curran), mother of director [[John Ford]] (né John Feeney) was born in the town of [[Kilronan]]<ref name=Eyman>Eyman, Scott. [http://partners.nytimes.com/books/first/e/eyman-legend.html ''Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford'']. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1999. {{ISBN|0-684-81161-8}} (excerpt c/o ''[[New York Times]]'')</ref>
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== Demographics ==
The table below reports data on Inis Mór's population taken from ''Discover the Islands of Ireland'' (Alex Ritsema, Collins Press, 1999) and the
{{Historical populations
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|2002|831
|2006|824
|2011
|2016|762
|2022|820
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[[Category:Gaeltacht places in County Galway]]
[[Category:Aran Islands]]
[[Category:Islands of Connemara]]
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