Category: Aran Islands

Ireland’s Starkly Beautiful Aran Islands

August 16, 2022
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I spent the day walking on Inishmore. It’s one of the weather- and wave-beaten Aran Islands which, on a blustery day, seem to be gulping seawater off the west coast of Ireland. Locals, keenly aware that they’re on the west fringe of Europe, are fond of saying, “The next parish over’s Boston.” An elfish, black-clad…

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Online-Theater Review: ‘The Aran Islands: A Performance on Screen’

March 21, 2021
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A haunting and evocative experience awaits viewers of “The Aran Islands: A Performance on Screen,” made possible by New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre, which first presented a stage version of the work in association with Co-Motion Media in 2017. The Aran Islands, off the coast of Galway, Ireland, had been remote and mysterious back in…

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