This Sept. 13, 2015 photo shows a pony-and-trap awaiting its rider on Inishmore in the Aran Islands in Ireland. A cart tour is a good way to take in the sights of Inishmore in sunny or stormy weather.

A travel vlogger has shared her top picks for places to visit in Ireland, including a stunning island where you can find ...

Perhaps the most vibrant bastions of the country’s native culture are the Aran Islands, “the stepping stones to the Atlantic.’’ The country’s roughest seas and 1,000 miles of ancient ...

Ireland’s Aran Islands Stony and storied isles, quietly awaits By Thomas Breathnach Globe correspondent, March 8, 2012, 3:33 p.m.

Synge’s “The Aran Islands,” a book of essays, is fun to dip into. Another classic is the 1934 fictional documentary, “Man of Aran,” which took some liberties with historical accuracy.

The Irish playwright J.M. Synge (1871-1909) first came to the Aran Islands in the summer of 1898 looking for inspiration and to learn the Irish language.

KILRONAN, Ireland – Give up Paris, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats told fellow writer J.M. Synge, and go to the Aran Islands in order to “express a life that has never found expression.” ...

KILRONAN, Ireland • Give up Paris, the Irish poet W.B. Yeats told fellow writer J.M. Synge, and go to the Aran Islands in order to “express a life that has ...