I mentioned John Millington Synge a couple of days ago and it only occurred to me later that I had not said why Synge is so important to me. There is but one reason for that and it is his book The Aran Islands, based on his visits to those islands ca. 1900. Somehow or other I came across this book while in college, and immediately fell in love. On the Net, you can get a feel for how the Aran Islands look at the Look Aroujd Ireland site. Check out their twelve IPIX images too, four for each of the three Aran islands.
Better still are the photos over at Photo Voyage. There you'll find 35 pictures of the islands, some of them excellent. I particularly recommend those under the heading "Landscape."
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