The Aran Islands stand in the mouth of which Irish Bay?
Aran Islands Aran Islands The Aran Islands (—pronunciation: ) or The Arans ("na hÁrainneacha"—) 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 . They constitute the barony of Aran in County Galway, Ireland. From west to east the islands are: Inishmore ("Árainn Mhór/Inis Mór"— or ), the largest; Inishmaan ("Inis Meáin/Inis Meadhóin"—), the second-largest; and Inisheer ("Inis Thiar/Inis Oírr/Inis Oirthir"—), 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 Aran Islands (book) The Aran Islands (book) 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 Synge in 1901 and first published in 1907. It is based on Synge's multiple travels through the Irish speaking and predominately rural set of islands off the Western coast of Ireland. The book presents many of the local specificities of the Aran Island people while simultaneously contextualizing the Aran Islands as part of broader European and global commercial networks. "The Aran Islands" is a four part collection of Synge's account