by Conor Meehan | Mar 5, 2020 | Conor Meehan, Aran Islands Blog, Blog Spiritual Aran
I’d don’t think I would be pushing it to say that the Child of Aran is one of the most blessed and fortunate children on God’s earth. The Child of Aran is born into an island of ; culture , tradition , heritage , language , song , sea , poetry ,...
by Vivienne Nichols | Mar 1, 2020 | Vivienne Nichols, Aran Islands Blog, Blog Travel
When John Millington Synge, premier playwright and Aran archivists, wrote in his book, THE ARAN ISLANDS, that “no two trips to Aran are the same,” he spoke greatly for me.Anticipating each journey, I’ve wondered “Have I not seen it all? “How can last summer be...
by Vivienne Nichols | Mar 6, 2020 | Vivienne Nichols, Blog Local Aran, Uncategorized
The Aran Islands hold stories. Stories told as only the Irish people can tell them. But they don’t stop there. If we are open, even the sand and stones will speak to us. It’s true, the Irish make a ceremony of a sentence. And lucky are the rest of us when we sit with...
by Conor Meehan | Mar 11, 2020 | Conor Meehan, Aran Islands Blog, Blog Spiritual Aran
I wrote last week that for most of my life, Aran has been another word for heaven to me. My goal in life was always to make it back here to the Aran Islands — if I’m honest, I always planned to come back but the details of my plans have not played out in...
by admin | Mar 13, 2020 | Poetry & Pints, Aran Islands Blog, Blog Travel
A documentary made on Inis Mor by Volodomyr Kolbasa from the Ukraine. It captures the flavour of the island from its own angle and portrays some of the characters. It is around, but not about, me, Robert Hilton, a ship’s master for Aran Island Ferries. It could be...
