Inis Oírr is located off the West coast of Clare, a desolate but beautiful limestone island jutting out of the Atlantic. Exposed to the sea breeze and with spray in the salt air, it’s as close to the ...

Acclaimed Irish comedian, actor, and chat show host Tommy Tiernan has made a beautiful 90-second video to highlight the peace, tranquillity, and stunning natural beauty of a Gaeltacht island off the ...

Among the boulders that face the broad Atlantic Ocean on the Aran Island of Inis Óirr at the mouth of Galway Bay stands a limestone chair inscribed with the exhortation: Suigh síos agus lig do ...

Almost three years after several fisherman’s floats off Inis Oírr played a key role in saving her life, Galway student Ellen Glynn returned to the Aran island yesterday for a unique celebration of the ...

The principal of Coláiste Ghobnait, the secondary school on the smallest of the three Aran Islands has issued an appeal for students from the mainland to come and live on Inis Oirr to help maintain ...

There might be no shortage of water in many parts of the country after several weeks of heavy rain, but that is not the case on the Aran island of Inis Oírr. Expensive shipments of water are being ...

IT’S VERY much National season at the moment, with last week’s Grand National succeeded by Saturday’s Scottish Grand National (3.35pm) at Ayr. With Willie Mullins’ I Am Maximus winning at Aintree, the ...