Inishmaan

The smaller islands that are part of the Aran Island group have remains of old buildings scattered about in a landscape of stony soil and drystone walls.

On a steep-sided hill on Inishmaan rises the oval fort of Dún Conor (National Monument), with a number of hut sites (restored) in the interior. It affords excellent views, and also has a fine dolmen. The old way of life of the Aran islanders, especially their clothing, is particularly well preserved on Inishmaan.

The house of the poet and dramatist John Millington Synge, who drew attention to the special nature of the archipelago in his book "The Aran Islands" (1907), has been carefully preserved.