page_title: Gubbarudda
hierarchical_section_title: Gubbarudda
caption_attribution_description: English: Old mine at Gubbarudda. Probably part of an old coal mines, of which there were at one time many in the district.
context_page_description: Gubbarudda, formerly Gubberudda is a townland in Co. Roscommon, Ireland about 4.5 kilometres north-west from the village of Arigna. Gubbarudda is a very rural area composed of 432 acres with only two residences. Much of the northern parts of the townland encompasses Coillte woodlands, while its southern areas are situated on the 'Kilronan Mountain Bog Natural Heritage Area'. The population of Gubbarudda as of 2012 totals eight individuals.
  Gubbarudda borders Co. Sligo to the west, and the tripoint of counties Leithrim, Roscommon, and Sligo on the river Arigna is less than a kilometre away from its northern border. Neighbouring townlands are Greaghacorra to the north-east where the river Arigna forms the border, Aughabehy to the east, Greaghnageeragh and Cashel to the south, Rover, Co. Sligo to the west, and Glen, Co. Sligo to the west and north.
  The name is composed of gubba, which is a corruption of ghob, the Irish for 'beak', describing the pointed shape of the land area, and rudda, which derives from the word rua meaning 'red', relating to the large quantities of iron minerals found in the vicinity.
context_section_description: Gubbarudda, formerly Gubberudda (Irish: Gob a' Roide) is a townland in Co. Roscommon, Ireland about 4.5 kilometres north-west from the village of Arigna. Gubbarudda is a very rural area composed of 432 acres with only two residences. Much of the northern parts of the townland encompasses Coillte woodlands, while its southern areas are situated on the 'Kilronan Mountain Bog Natural Heritage Area'.  The population of Gubbarudda as of 2012 totals eight individuals.
  Gubbarudda borders Co. Sligo to the west, and the tripoint of counties Leithrim, Roscommon, and Sligo on the river Arigna is less than a kilometre away from its northern border. Neighbouring townlands are Greaghacorra to the north-east where the river Arigna forms the border, Aughabehy to the east, Greaghnageeragh and Cashel to the south, Rover, Co. Sligo to the west, and Glen, Co. Sligo to the west and north.
  The name is composed of gubba, which is a corruption of ghob, the Irish for 'beak', describing the pointed shape of the land area, and rudda, which derives from the word rua meaning 'red', relating to the large quantities of iron minerals found in the vicinity.
  The traditional Irish flautist Packie Duignan lived for a while in Gubbarudda in the house where his father grew up.
  During the Great Famine a huge population decline was observed in every other townland in Arigna apart from Gubbarudda which enjoyed a slight population increase. There were five households in the townland in the year 1858. The population of Gubbarudda in the year 1901 was 26.  Nonetheless the townland's population was to decrease dramatically throughout the 20th century when locals either emigrated abroad or moved to larger, more populated areas such as Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon and Sligo.
caption: Former mine at Gubbarudda
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