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Church of the Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Aran Islands


Built in 1939, this small church has beautiful stained-glass windows designed by the studio of Harry Clarke and an altar by James Pearse (the father of P谩draig Pearse, aka Patrick Pearse, who led the Easter Rising in 1916).


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1. Teach Synge

0.07 MILES

Now a small museum, this 300-year-old thatched cottage, on the road just before you head up to D煤n Chonch煤ir, is where the writer JM Synge (1871鈥1909)鈥

2. D煤n Chonch煤ir

0.17 MILES

Glorious views of Inishmaan's limestone valleys and maze of stone walls extend from this ruined elliptical stone fort, which sits on the island's highest鈥

3. D煤n Fearbhaigh

0.5 MILES

The well-preserved ruins of this stone fort are 200m west of the Cill Cheannannach church ruins; the fort similarly dates from around the 8th century.

4. Cill Cheannannach

0.68 MILES

On the eastern coastline, look out for the 8th-century Cill Cheannannach church ruins.

5. Synge's Chair

0.95 MILES

At the desolate western end of the island, Synge's Chair is a viewpoint at the edge of a sheer limestone cliff with the surf from Gregory's Sound booming鈥

6. Well of Enda

2.62 MILES

Some locals still carry out a pilgrimage known as the Turas to the Well of Enda (also known as 脡inne or Endeus), a bubbling spring in a remote rocky鈥

7. 脕ras 脡anna

2.84 MILES

Inisheer's large community arts centre sits out on an exposed stretch of the northern side of the island and hosts visiting artist events, cultural鈥

8. St Enda's Monastery

2.84 MILES

The sunken remains of the church here are said to have been the site of St Enda's Monastery in the 6th century, though what's visible dates from the 9th鈥