If you are on an extended tour of Ireland you can fly from Galway to the Aran Islands. They are very interesting and a great place to visit. There are many churches, crosses, and gravestones to explore. There are also Dolmens to be seen. A race known as the...
There are three Aran Islands – Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer. They have been inhabited long before recorded history and contain many pre-Christian and Early-Christian remains. If you are on any tours of Ireland, you will need the weather to be on your side to visit these islands. Dun...
These are three small islands 30 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean off the West coast of Ireland. The islands are known as Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer. The first inhabitants of these islands are thought to have arrived during the late Bronze age. There is plenty of evidence...
If you are on tours of Ireland then treat yourself to one of our traditional Aran sweaters !! The intricate stitches were originally designed on the Aran Islands , where fishermen’s wives knitted the spun fleece with goose quills. The stitches were passed from mother to daughter...
Inisheer (Inis Oirr, "East Island") , at just under two miles across , is the smallest of the Aran Islands. Its well worth seeing on any Ireland tours as it is a bit of a hidden gem. It doesn't have the archaeological wealth of Inishmore ,...
Ireland is magical and is possessed of yet another unique geological formation. That is the moon like "Burren"...
A group of three islands off the coast of County Galway and County Clare. The biggest of the 3 islands is Inishmore and the smallest Inisheer. The islands get their name from the Irish word ARA , which means "a kidney" and , by extension , a...
Ireland's second largest county, in the province of Connacht. Extending from the Atlantic to the River Shannon (area of 2,374 square miles), the county has a population of over 208,000. Galway City, the county capital, straddles the divide between the barren Irish-speaking Connemara to the west...
A fantastic Prehistoric stone fort. Dramatrcally sited above a two-hundred-foot cliff on Inishmore (Aran Island), Dun Aengus has multiple walls, the innermost one defended by stone snakes known as chevaux-de-frise. The date of construction is uncertain, but recent excavation showed human activity in interior from about 800...
The cracked limestone terrain of the Aran Islands, lying about 45km out in Galway Bay, links them geologically with the Burren, in County Clare. The islands are flattish, but tilt towards massive sea cliffs in some places. making a living on these bleak rock platforms,...