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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 , or the wild solitude of Inishmaan , but regular day-trip [...]
Ireland is magical and is possessed of yet another unique geological formation. That is the moon like “Burren”………which covers 200 square miles of the West of Ireland ……….in an area bounded by the Aran Islands off Galway Bay and , Gort , to the North East of County Galway. The ancient saying described this weird landscape, which is formed of [...]
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 ridge or back of land. The Aran islands are renowned because [...]
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 and the fertile farmland of the east. It is a vibrant, [...]
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 B.C. onward. Tours of Ireland will reveal great prehistoric attractions.
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, virtually treeless and exposed to the full to the full [...]