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The name "Inishmore" was "apparently concocted by the Ordnance Survey for its map of 1839" as an Anglicization of Inis Mór ('big island'), as there is no evidence of its use before then. [7] Because the island is in the Gaeltacht, Árainn is the only legal placename in Irish or English as declared in the Official Languages Act 2003.
The island of Inishmore hosted a Friends of Ted festival in 2007. The 1996 play The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh is set on the Aran Islands. The play is the first in the Aran Islands Trilogy, followed in 2001 by The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and the unpublished The Banshees of Inisheer.
Looking towards Inishmore island Lough Arrow is about 6 km (3.7 mi) long from north to south and 2 km (1.2 mi) wide. [ 4 ] The lake has four islands: Annaghgowla, Inishmore, Inishbeg and Muck.
Deer Island or Inishmore (Irish: Inis Mór, meaning 'great island') [1] is located in County Clare, Ireland. Location.
The Inishmore or Dún Árann Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the highest point of Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands in County Galway, Ireland. It was the first of a series of lighthouses that were built in the 19th century on the Aran Islands, but it was poorly positioned and was eventually replaced by the ...
Cill Rónáin (Irish: meaning "Church of Ronan"), unofficially anglicized as Kilronan, [1] is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland. The ferries serving the island call at Doolin, County Clare and also Rossaveal, County Galway. The main industries are fishing and tourism.
Inishmore Island may refer to: Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland; Inishmore (or Deer) Island, in County Clare, Ireland;
Map of the Aran Islands. Inishmore Aerodrome (IATA: IOR, ICAO: EIIM) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southeast of Kilronan (Irish: Cill Rónáin), a town on the island of Inishmore (Irish: Inis Mór), one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland. [1]