Wild Shores: The Magic of Ireland’s Coastline by Richard Nairn

Author:Richard Nairn [Nairn, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: nature, General, Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography, Ecosystems & Habitats, Coastal Regions & Shorelines
ISBN: 9780717192779
Google: DNljEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Gill
Published: 2022-03-24T20:33:15+00:00

Aran Islands

My first visit to the Aran Islands was very memorable. I was the passenger in a small, single-engined aircraft piloted by Con O’Rourke, who later wrote a Nature Guide to the Aran Islands.33 We flew in dense mist, using only the instruments, out over the Atlantic but, as we descended below the gloom, a remarkable landscape emerged below us, looking like a network of lace. The three limestone islands are covered by thousands of small fields, divided by stone walls, with winding roads and paths between them. Botanist Cilian Roden wrote that navigation on the ground, ‘especially on the two smaller islands, bears comparison to making your way about the blocks and alleys of an unfamiliar city’.34

Praeger had a special affection for the Aran Islands that form a line across the outer part of Galway Bay. He gave an excellent introduction:

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