The Aran Islands (/ˈærən/ ARR-ən; Irish: Oileáin Árann, pronounced [əˈlʲaːnʲ ˈaːɾˠən̪ˠ]) or The Arans (na hÁrainneacha [n̪ˠə ˈhaːɾˠən̠ʲəxə]) are a group...
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Aran Island may refer to several places: Arranmore or Aran Island, off the coast of County Donegal in Ireland Aran Islands, three islands in Galway Bay...
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The Aran jumper (Irish: Geansaí Árann), also called a fisherman's jumper, is a style of jumper that takes its name from the Aran Islands off the west coast...
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The Aran Islands is a four part collection of journal entries regarding the geography and people of the Aran Islands. It was completed by John Millington...
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Aran Islands. O'Cillin, Tomas. Short Annals of Aran. Tuam: Archiepiscopal Library. "A Sketch of the History and Antiquities of the Southern Islands of...
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of Aran is a 1934 Irish fictional documentary (ethnofiction) film shot, written and directed by Robert J. Flaherty about life on the Aran Islands off...
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Stewart. Synge later developed an interest in Irish antiquities and the Aran Islands, and became a member of the Irish League for a year. He left the League...
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Martin McDonagh (section The Aran Islands Trilogy)
(1997) and The Lonesome West (1997). His second trilogy is set across the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway, and consists of The Cripple of Inishmaan...
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Aran, aran, or -aran in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aran may refer to: Villages and municipalities: Aran, Aghjabadi Aran, Lerik Aran, Shaki Aran...
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Aran knitting patterns are heavily textured knitting patterns which are named after the Aran Islands, which are located off the west coast of Ireland from...
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Inisheer (redirect from Inisheer Island)
easterly of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. With 343 residents as of the 2022 census, it is second-most populous of the Arans. Caomhán of Inis...
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Inishmaan (category Aran Islands)
formerly spelled Inis Meadhóin, meaning "middle island") is the middle of the three main Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland. It...
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Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft to connect the Aran Islands with mainland County Galway. Aer Arann Islands was established as Aer Arann in 1970 by James...
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was given land in the Aran Islands by his brother-in-law, Aengus, King of Munster. Three limestone islands make up the Aran Islands: Inishmore, Inishmaan...
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Butler Yeats to visit the Aran Islands. He went on to spend the summers from 1898 to 1903 there. While on the Aran Island of Inishmaan, Synge heard the...
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north. From the cliffs, and from atop the tower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north...
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Dún Aonghasa (category Aran Islands)
Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high...
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Mayo (notably Tourmakeady, Achill Island and Erris) and Galway (notably in parts of Connemara and on the Aran Islands). Connacht Irish is also spoken in...
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Shetland islands List of islands of the Isle of Man List of islands of the United Kingdom List of islands of Wales COUNTRY/TERRITORY INDEX, ISLAND DIRECTORY...
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Ireland (redirect from Island of Ireland)
Aran Islands in County Galway, are also popular tourist destinations. Achill Island lies off the coast of County Mayo and is Ireland's largest island...
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Cenotaph (section Falkland Islands)
Cemetery. In Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands of Ireland, drowning was formerly such a common cause of death for island fishermen that each family had a...
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Ireland's Aran Islands and Connemara, in the West of Ireland. He was also well known for producing exceptionally detailed maps of the Aran Islands, The Burren...
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to the real life filming of the documentary Man of Aran. The play is set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan (Inis Meáin) off the Western...
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Arranmore (redirect from Arranmore Island)
is also known in English as Aran Island (not to be confused with the Aran Islands off Galway Bay or the Scottish Isle of Arran). In Irish it was traditionally...
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Kilronan (Irish: Cill Rónáin), a town on the island of Inishmore (Irish: Inis Mór), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland. It...
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Galway and the tourist destination of the Aran Islands which is home to World Heritage Site Dún Aonghasa. The islands also have regular links with the towns...
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County Wicklow, Dublin, County Mayo, and County Galway, including the Aran Islands, Connemara, Temple Bar, Georgian Dublin, Wicklow National Park, and Olaf...
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O'Brien's Castle (Inisheer) (category Aran Islands)
bartizan is visible with a human face carved into it. "Inisheer Island | Aran Islands West of Ireland Vacations". www.discoveringireland.com. Steves,...
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(IATA: IIA, ICAO: EIMN) is located on the island of Inishmaan (Irish: Inis Meáin), one of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay off the coast of County Galway...
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