Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Located off Ireland’s western coast, 28 nautical miles from Galway, Inis Meáin (pronounced IN-ish MAAN) isn’t the sort of place ...

Look one direction off Inis Meáin at night and you’ll see the lights of Galway city glittering in the distance, but if you look in the other direction, you’ll never see the sky so full of stars. The ...

Patrick Dempsey, who has been sharing his favorite Irish things on Instagram while filming Disney's "Disenchanted," recently visited Irish knitwear company Inis Meáin on the Aran Islands. Inis Meáin ...

Photographer Chris Rodmell returns to Inis Meáin after 50 years to capture a changed island in TG4's new documentary "Inis Meáin: Idir Dhá Linn." In August 1973, Rodmell traveled to Inis Meáin, one of ...

Untroubled by the daily pressures of tidal tourism, the Aran island continues as an authentic outpost of Gaelic culture, writes… Untroubled by the daily pressures of tidal tourism, the Aran island ...

A campaign to encourage women in sport is the theme of this year’s Inis "Iron" Meáin island road race. The 20x20 initiative aims to shift the perception of girls and women in sport by increasing the ...

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An Irish exhibition which featured at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale has been launched on Inis Meáin ahead of a nationwide tour. The installation is called 'In Search of Hy-Brasil' and shows ...

The Aran Islands are a trio of rocky outcroppings in the mouth of Galway Bay whose high cliffs and slate-coloured skies present a picture-postcard vision of rugged Irish beauty. With barely a thousand ...

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Some years ago, as part of a recognition of the needs of small island primary schools which do not have an option to amalgamate with other schools nearby, the minimum school enrolment was reduced to ...