OILEÁN ÁRANN, Inishmore

today we took a day trip to the main aran island, inishmore. we took a bus from galway to the ferry, then took a 45 minute ferry ride to the island. once we got there, we rented bikes for the day and rode around the whole island which was soo cool! there were stone walls literally EVERYWHERE and the water was so blue and the grass was so green, and there were cows and horses everywhere! and some of the houses had thatched roofs (rooves?) which just made everything seem so irish-y and cute.

at one point on the island we had to park our bikes and hike up to Dún Aonghasa, which is (according to my free map) "the most spectacular semi-circular Celtic stone fort in Europe." it was really cool to see, because half of the fort was stone walls and the other half was just a cliff dropoff. the water was so blue and the view from the top was gorgeous.

we made some friends on our bike ride along the coast and as you can see they were sooo cute. we were petting the horses and feeding them..they loved the attention! the cow wouldn't let me pet him though =( and those crazy goats kept fighting/playing so i took a pic of that..we couldn't figure out why exactly they were chained together.

enjoy the pics!



my bike! the seat was not very comfortable


pretty horses


there were soo many rock walls around the island..so cool


cutieeeeeeeeeeeee


my fave pic...2 baby horses and a big horse!


the other horse..they were all so pretty


the coast


...i wouldn't recommend taking pics while biking


ivy on the rock wall with goatskies in the background


fighting goats!


close up of rocks on a rock wall


i made a stone monument


a pretty beach


cute thatched roof restaurant/cafe!


view from the top of Dún Aonghasa - cliff side


stones inside the fort


the inside of the upper part of the fort


right-side cliff view


entrance to the upper level of the fort


HC kids on the cliffs!


another thatched roof house!


pretty house


inside the ruins of an old farmhouse