Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
In Kilronan
Man of Aran
Film
This Oscar-winning 1934 movie (1.25 hours) is a documentary about traditional island
life with an all-local cast. It's basically a silent movie with the sounds of surf, seagull,
and sailor (muttering in barely audible Irish) dubbed in. Yet it's a strangely fascinating
glimpse of the past and was groundbreaking in its time. The movie tries to re-create life in
the early 1900s—when you couldn't rent bikes—and features
currach
s (canoe-like boats)
in a storm, shark fishing with handheld harpoons, and farmers cultivating the fields from
bare rock.
Cost and Hours:
€5,3showings/day—usuallyonrequest,playsinInternetcafébehind
Aran Sweater Market—see
here
for hours.
Beyond the Town
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Dún Aenghus (Dun Aonghasa)
This is the island's blockbuster sight. The stone fortress hangs spectacularly and precari-
ously on the edge of a cliff 200 feet above the Atlantic. The crashing waves seem to say,
“You've come to the end of the world.” Gaze out to sea and consider this: Off this coast,
Hy Brasil—a phantom island cloaked in mist—was said to pop into view once every sev-
en years. This mythical place appeared on maps as late as the mid-1600s.
