County Clare, Galway, and the Aran Islands Features

County Clare, Galway, and the Aran Islands Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Ancient Aran: Spend at least one night on one of the Oileáin Árainn (Aran Islands), three outposts of Gaelic civilization, which... read more

• City of the Tribes
  

  Galway's founders were Anglo-Normans who arrived in the mid-13th century and fortified their settlement against "the native Irish," as local... read more

• Aran Rediscovered
  

  During the 1800s, the islands, wracked by famine and mass emigration, were virtually forgotten by mainland Ireland. At the turn of the 20th century... read more

• A Shopping Tour of Galway
  

  There's no question about it: they have a different look in Galway. People have always dressed differently, because they dress for the Galway... read more

• The Galway Saturday Market
  

  Locals get up very early on Saturday in Galway in order to get the pick of the goods on offer at the Saturday food market. About 90 colorful... read more