Travel Blog Photos from Aran Islands (761)
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The Aran islands is famous for its sweaters - made of wool, warm and each with its own family-based design. These were used to identify lost fishermen. Before the use of dental record matching or DNA samples. Even though the west of Ireland has been ...
... who picked up his prized Canadians and delivered us to our caretaker. Thanks dude. ------------ I managed to talk Erin into biking the Aran Islands with me not five days later, still full of aches and pains. Silly girl! Just doesn't learn, does she? ...
I bestowed my birthday flowers on the old lady who helps her daughter run the B&B. (It's a family affair, with the preteen children helping out too.) She was tickled pink. I felt bad letting them go, but her pleasure was worth it. Then I caught the ...
... time I was done, it was still raining. I decided I'd better get going anyway. Rain doesn't usually last long in Galway, but the Aran Islands are right out in the ocean and I didn't know what to expect from the weather. So I brushed off my bike seat as ...
Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland

Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland

Inishere, Aran Islands, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland

Inishere, Aran Islands, County Galway, Western Ireland, Ireland

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interensted in Ireland
Posted on Jun 26, 2008, 15:31:45
... (Kerry), Fermanagh (lots of lakes). You can take a ferry or a small plane from Galway or Clare to the Aran Islands (the place where the fisherman's sweaters come from). You will definitely experience live musicians playing traditional music and see ...
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Republic of Ireland
Posted on Jun 13, 2009, 07:58:32
... , and it does seem a good place to stay to get to the Cliffs of Moher and Galway - you can also get a boat to the Aran Islands which are a Gaeltacht region, and is supposed to be beautiful - I'll get there one day! In Dublin...personally I don' ...
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