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Aran Islands
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From: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Date: 20040101
Author:JAMES MacKILLOP
Aran Islands.
A chain of islands that run 15 miles across the mouth of Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. The three largest islands are Aranmore (or Inishmore), Inishmaan, and Inisheer, a total of 11,578 acres. Because the Irish language has survived here well into modern times, many Irish people think of the Islands as the most Irish (or Celtic) part of Ireland, a perception enhanced by the writings of J. M. Synge (1871–1909) and others. On the west coast of Aranmore lies Dún Aonghusa , one of the most magnificent and dramatic prehistoric stone forts in all of ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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