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The Best Attractions In Aran Islands

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The Aran Islands or The Arans are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland, with a total area of about 46 km2 . They constitute the barony of Aran in County Galway, Ireland. From west to east the islands are: Inishmore , the largest; Inishmaan , the second-largest; and Inisheer , the smallest. The 1,200 inhabitants primarily speak Irish, the language used in local placenames. All islanders are also fluent in English. The islands belong to the Gaeltacht.
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The Best Attractions In Aran Islands

  • 1. Dun Aonghasa Inishmore
    Dún Aonghasa is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inishmore, at the edge of a 100 metre high cliff. A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
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  • 2. Plassey Wreck Inisheer
    MV Plassy, or Plassey, was a steam trawler launched in late 1940 and named HMT Juliet in 1941. She was renamed Peterjon and converted to a cargo vessel in 1947. She was acquired by the Limerick Steamship Company in 1951 and renamed Plassy. On 8 March 1960, while sailing through Galway Bay carrying a cargo of whiskey, stained glass and yarn, she was caught in a severe storm and ran onto Finnis Rock, Inisheer, Aran Islands. A group of local Islanders, the Inisheer Rocket Crew, rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel using a breeches buoy — an event captured in a pictorial display at the National Maritime Museum in Dún Laoghaire. Several weeks later, a second storm washed the ship off the rock and drove her ashore on the island. The wreck still lies on the shoreline and is a touri...
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  • 4. Dun Duchathair Inishmore
    Dún Dúchathair or simply Dúchathair , meaning black fort, is a large stone fort on the cliffs at Cill Éinne, , Inishmore in County Galway, Ireland. Due to erosion, it now sits on a rocky promontory that stretches out into the sea. On its outer side there are large walls, reaching 6 metres high and 5 metres wide. On the inside are the ruins of clocháns. There is also evidence of a cheval de frise protecting the entrance.Its age is unknown.
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  • 9. Dun Eochla Inishmore
    Dún Aonghasa is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inishmore, at the edge of a 100 metre high cliff. A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
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  • 10. Aran Sweater Market Inishmore
    Inis Mór is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay in Ireland and has an area of 31 km2 . Inis Mór has a population of about 840, making it the largest of the Aran Islands in terms of population and largest island off the Irish coast with no bridge or causeway to the mainland. The island is famous for its strong Irish culture, loyalty to the Irish language, and a wealth of Pre-Christian and Christian ancient sites including Dún Aengus, described as the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe by George Petrie.
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