The ferry from Doolin takes 40 minutes across Galway Bay. The Atlantic swell is constant. The Cliffs of Moher slide past on the left, 214 metres of vertical sandstone, and then the three islands appear: Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer. The Aran Islands spread across 47 square kilometres and contain the highest concentration of archaeological sites […]
The wind hits you first, carrying the salt spray of the Atlantic Ocean two hundred metres below. The Cliffs of Moher rise from the churning sea like a natural fortress, their layered sandstone and shale cliffs stretching for fourteen kilometres along Ireland’s wild western coast. On a clear day, the Aran Islands hover on the […]