Inis OírrThe smallest of the three Aran Islands, with a tower house on a rock above the village and a wrecked cargo ship on the east shore.
Island
Inis Mór
Aran Islands, County Galway
Largest of the three Aran Islands, with stone walls, a fort on the cliff and a ferry from Rossaveal.
- Where
- Aran Islands, County Galway
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