Vivienne Nichols, Aran Islands Blog, Blog Travel
ARAN CALLING
We all remember, in vivid detail, defining moments of life. Those times, tragically and joyfully, when circumstance has evoked our deepest emotions. We recall where …
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THE “UNCORRUPTED HEART OF IRELAND”
I first heard these words, hearth-side, in a small Aran cottage. They charmed my ears and drew me deeper in to the storyteller’s narrative. The …
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THE ARAN ISLAND’S DOG-HOUSE DOZEN….12 WAYS TO RE-CLAIM YOUR DARLIING’S HEART!
I’d never heard this phrase until the day after Valentine’s when a florist in my town advertised a DOG-HOUSE DOZEN SALE-or a bouquet of roses …
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WHERE THE WILD GARLIC GROWS
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 …
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SAND, STONES, AND STORIES
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 …