Inis Mór - Dún Eochla
5/17/2015.
I did one last walk before catching my 11:30am ferry out of Inis Mór. I walked up to Dún Eochla at the highest point of the island with a 360-degree view, including Dún Dúchathair (Black Fort) which I visited twice the day before. It took about 2 hours round trip from Kilronan at a leisurely pace. Next to Dún Eochla there's a private lighthouse.
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Entry from: Inishmore, Ireland
Entry Title: The Aran Islands
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I arrived on the Aran Islands weary of city travel. I felt ready for the countryside, I was yearning for peace and quiet. Inishmore, the largest of the archipelago, has delivered. We all have places where the land speaks to us, and Inishmore is one of mine. The stone fortresses and moss-covered houses whisper of millenia of human experience, while the thunder of sea against sheer cliff lets on that there's even more to it than that. It's very real, this earthly hum, so strong that it sometimes draws me unwillingly from my book, capturing my gaze with the 2000-year-old stone fences that crosshatch the entire island. When the hostel manager suggested that fairies had taken me while I napped at Dun Dubhchathair, I secretly suspected he might be right. The island is a walker's paradise, but on Friday I rented a bike and headed for Dun Aengus. The oldest sections of this stone fortress date to around 1100BC, with the height of activity occurring around 800AD. The fortress is a huge semicircle closed in by dizzying cliffs that fall 300 feet to the sea. The three concentric rings were meant to keep invaders out, but the obvious question is: What did they do if the walls were breached? There was clearly no escape route. And how did they keep their children safe from the edge? Questions like these floated through my mind as I slithered on my belly to the edge of the cliffs and watched the waters roiling below. I lucked out that day, cycling through sunshine and then clouds, but no rain. Thursday was not so lucky--halfway through the long walk to town the sky poured on me. It was already chilly, and then it turned windy. Wet and cold, I pretended to be fascinated by the sweaters in the tourist shop until I had dried off a bit. As I fell asleep that night, I thought, If I can be wet and cold and miserable and yet still want to hear what this place has to say, then it must be saying something important. Saturday was meant to be my day of rest, but with rain coming on Sunday I decided to wander a bit. Although tourism picks up on the weekends, you can still find yourself standing alone atop a towering ring fortress, or wandering down lost roads without encountering anyone but cows and goats. I visited Dun Eochla, a perfectly circular fortress on the highest point of the island. From the top of the stone walls you can see the shape of the island and the Atlantic waters coming together at the tip of the peninsula. On the walk back into town I kept pace with a man and his dog, out to visit his sister. As we walked along fields of wildflowers, I listened to the singsong English of this man, born and raised on Inishmore, whose first language was Gaelic. I understood most of what he said, but when he spoke into the wind I could make out only the lilting rhythms and tones of his voice. He stopped speaking into the wind when I spoke of my dad's Irish cattle back home, and I thought, How interesting, the ways we find to connect with people whose experience of life is so different from our own.
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Photos from this trip:
1. _Main square on Inishmore
2. _Stone walls across the island
3. _Little house on the prairie
4. _Dun Eochla
5. _Cool Bug
6. _House along the road
7. _Fireplace in an abandoned house
8. _Dun Aengus
9. _More Dun Aengus
10. _Inside Dun Aengus
11. _View from Dun Aengus
12. _View from the cliffs of Dun Aungus
13. _View from a fort
14. _The earth claims the fortresses eventually
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Inis Mór - Dún Dúchathair (Black Fort)
5/16/2015. Started the day with an amazing walk to Dún Dúchathair (Black Fort). Thanks to the hostel manager for the tip, from Kilronan harbour it's only less than an hour to reach the cliffs. Unlike the famous Dún Aonghasa (Dun Aengus), this one is not managed and not touristy at all. The fort itself is raw and rustic, with most of its structure seemingly eroded into the ocean already. The cliffs stretch in both directions for as far as I can see. Once I was on the cliffs it's all wild and I was free to walk anywhere. I liked it so much that I went up again after dinner. Both times I saw no one else on the cliffs. I just sat there watching and listening to the waves crashing below while occasionally spraying over me.
Inside Dun Eochla on Inis Mor
ARAN ISLANDS - INISHMORE
16/17.06 2014. Fantastic trip on the largest of the ARAN ISLANDS -INISHMORE ,14 km lenght and 3.8 km width.I walked around the oceanic majestic cliffs and overnight stay, wild camp.That`s my story,check out what you can see within 30 hours i spent on this beautiful island.I would recommend to everyone to be there.MUSIC; 1. HANS ZIMMER - ARMAGEDDON MAIN THEME. 2. HARALD KLOSER - THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW SOUNDTRACK 3. BELTAINE - BELTAINE. 4. JOHN DREAMER - TRUE STRENGTH. 5. JOHN DREAMER - BROTHERHOOD. 6. THOMAS BERGERSEN - CASSANDRA.
Cycling to Dún Eochla
Memory of magic holidays on Inish More one of the 3 Aran Islands Ireland. Victor Benoit with Susanne Currid.
Na Seacht Teampaill, Inishmore, Aran Islands
The stump of a carved High Cross at na Seacht Teampaill, Inishmore, Aran Islands
Dun Aengus Inis Mor Winter Solstice Sunrise 2015
Aerial footage of Dun Aengus and a possible alignment to the winter solstice sunrise from the Chamber.
IRELAND Inishmore
Short photographic travelog around the isle of Inishmore in October 2015
Inis Mór - Worm Hole
5/16/2015.
Who built a huge swimming pool under the cliffs? From the map this unadvertised pool looks pretty close to Dun Aengus, so after Aengus I tried to stay close to the cliffs and soon I found the red arrows on the rocks leading to the Worm Hole. You can walk above and around the Hole when waves are not too high. Amazing place.
Puffing Holes, Inis Mor, Ireland
Waves crashing
Episode 12: Inis Mor
I went on an Adventure to an Irish Island! Heres how it went!
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EI-CUW Inis Mor - Connemara
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INIS MÓR | Dun Aonghasa, Wormhole, Father Ted House, Cliffs of Moher
ARAN ISLANDS BLOG POST
We had the best time on the Wild Atlantic Way. I decided to document our whole trip and it was an amazing experience. Dusty the dolphin arrived in the harbour when we got off the ferry. It was a wonderful surprise. We departed from Doolin, County Clare and took the ferry to Inis Mór with a pit stop at Inis Oírr. The Father Ted house at the end was a really special edition. Father Ted was an Irish TV show, it is a timeless comedy and a big part of my childhood! Visiting the house is always such an exciting experience.
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Inis Oírr
-Ancient Ruins
-Dusty (or Sandy) the Dolphin
Inis Mór
-Dun Aonghasa
-Wormhole
County Clare
-Cliffs of Moher
-Father Ted
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Inishmore seen from Dun Aengus
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Aran Islands - Inis Mór by Pony
A local-guided pony ride along the roads of Inis Mór (Inishmore), the big island of the chain of Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland on May 23, 2009. What started as a cold, damp, and windy day before leaving Galway turned into clear skies and warm temperatures, just in time for the predawn arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race.
Don't forget (like I did) to climb the hill to Dún Aengus, the 4,000 year old fort next to the iconic 300ft cliffs.
Dún Dúchathair - The black Fort 1
Aran Island - Inismór