by Conor Meehan | Jul 2, 2015 | Conor Meehan, Aran Islands Blog, 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 | Conor Meehan, Aran Islands Blog, 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 | Conor Meehan, 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 | Conor Meehan, 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 | Conor Meehan, 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...
