Joe M O'Brien

Thatched house.  According to a local resident, the house was home to generations of the same family for approximately 150 years until a new house was built on another part of the island and the family moved home. The old house was used like a shed and recently the roof collapsed during bad weather.

Inis Mór is one of the three Oileáin Árann (Aran islands) and is located off the coast of Gaillimh (Galway). The island is part of the Gaeltacht  where Irish is primarily spoken at home. According to one resident born on the island, the people born on the island live mostly on one side and people not born on the island live on the other side where the port is located. The local term for people who settle on the island from the mainland is 'blow in's.' March, 2019. Inis Mór, Éirinn (Ireland)

Old lobster creel. According to a resident on the Island salmon were fished by locals, but stocks came under threat from an increasing seal population. Fishermen attempted to control the dwindling salmon population by shooting seals, but this practice was banned. There is a seal colony of approximately 24 seals which is on the map of tourist attractions on the cycling map of the island. There is also a larger colony of 100 + seals located off another part of the island. 

A ferry from the mainland arrives at Inis Mór at 11:30 in the morning and departs at 17:00 in the afternoon. March, 2019. Inis Mór, Éirinn (Ireland)

Old lobster creel. According to a resident on the Island salmon were fished by locals, but stocks came under threat from an increasing seal population. Fishermen attempted to control the dwindling salmon population by shooting seals, but this practice was banned. There is a seal colony of approximately 24 seals which is on the map of tourist attractions on the cycling map of the island. There is also a larger colony of 100 + seals located off another part of the island.

A ferry from the mainland arrives at Inis Mór at 11:30 in the morning and departs at 17:00 in the afternoon. March, 2019. Inis Mór, Éirinn (Ireland) 

Old lobster creel. According to a resident on the Island salmon were fished by locals, but stocks came under threat from an increasing seal population. Fishermen attempted to control the dwindling salmon population by shooting seals, but this practice was banned. There is a seal colony of approximately 24 seals which is on the map of tourist attractions on the cycling map of the island. There is also a larger colony of 100 + seals located off another part of the island.

A ferry from the mainland arrives at Inis Mór at 11:30 in the morning and departs at 17:00 in the afternoon. March, 2019. Inis Mór, Éirinn (Ireland) 

Old lobster creel. According to a resident on the Island salmon were fished by locals, but stocks came under threat from an increasing seal population. Fishermen attempted to control the dwindling salmon population by shooting seals, but this practice was banned. There is a seal colony of approximately 24 seals which is on the map of tourist attractions on the cycling map of the island. There is also a larger colony of 100 + seals located off another part of the island.

A ferry from the mainland arrives at Inis Mór at 11:30 in the morning and departs at 17:00 in the afternoon. March, 2019. Inis Mór, Éirinn (Ireland)