Aran Islands

Aran Islands, The, three in number, form a natural breakwater across Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. The largest, Aranmore or Inishmore, is 8 miles long by 3 miles broad. The other two are named Inishman and Inisheer. The total area of the group is 11,287 acres. They contain many interesting relics of antiquity, towers, altars, and holy wells, to which pilgrimages are made.