by Conor Meehan | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog Local Aran
I called up to a friend of mine, called Niall some time ago and I could only say that Niall really is a man of Aran — he is a first class fisherman, a champion oarsman, a builder of walls or indeed anything, he is a tremendous father and husband and I know...
by Conor Meehan | Jun 28, 2015 | Blog Local Aran, Uncategorized
I remember years ago reading a story written by the Great Island Author, Liam O Flaherty in which he described the feelings of a newly wedded young man who was going to dig his potatoe ridges for the first time as a married man. He described a really beautiful and...
by Conor Meehan | Jun 21, 2015 | Aran Islands Blog, Blog Local Aran
Good Morning, At the very heart of this unique and beautiful island is community and the essence of community, is family. If Aran was a man …… My father taught me, and more importantly, showed me that in a family, a man’s primary function and purpose...
by Conor Meehan | Jan 14, 2015 | Aran Islands Blog, Blog Local Aran
This morning as I finally decided that Xmas was over and that a form of routine was reluctantly the way that I could get in touch with the islands natural rhythm and introduce a bit of balance back to hopefully pre – xmas levels. I’ve noticed over the years that...
by Conor Meehan | Oct 18, 2014 | Aran Islands Blog, Blog Local Aran
I was initially inspired to write this heading when i saw that there was to be a singles weekend in the Island’s Hotel, and it got me thinking. I thought, imagined and, indeed, even reminisced about how the romance and magic of this Island can wrap a...
