Lettermullan
Lettermullen,, is a small island and village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. It is about 36 miles west of Galway city, at the far western end of Galway Bay, Lettermullen is the westernmost of three islands; Lettermullen, Gorumna and Lettermore, along with smaller islands collectively known as Ceantar na nOileán connected to the mainland by bridges and causeways.
Lettermullen is part of the Gaeltacht and Irish is the language most commonly spoken. Accordingly, its official name is Leitir Mealláin.
Lettermullen is connected to the islands of Dinish, Furnish, Inisherk and An Crappagh.Geology
The northern third of Lettermullan is composed of the same intrusive Devonian-aged granite underlying most of Galway that formed from crustal melting as a result of the Caledonian Orogeny in the late Silurian. The remainder of the island is made up of Ordovician-aged bedrock of sedimentary marine rocks and basalt.Demographics
