So the past two days I took my final Early Start class field trip to the Island of Inis Oirr--we would say Inisheer--the smallest of the Aran Islands. The trip was certainly an experience! We arrive on Thursday night at about 8:30 and proceeded to go to a hotel for a wonderful meal of vegetable soup, chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables and carrot cake. It was nice to have a home-cooked meal like this especially since it was pouring rain and about 45 degrees outside. Friday morning my friend Alexa and I woke up early so that we could explore the Island. We walked along the perimeter of the Island which is only about an 11km journey, but had a lot to offer! We started at the beach and worked our way around the small airfield where a plane flies to the mainland and back once a day carrying either passengers or supplies. We then wound our way through small roads and rock wall fields until we reach the Loch Mor which is the lake on the island. Continuing on we found the wreckage of the Plassy Ship which ran aground during a storm in 1960. We continued on down gravel farm roads until we came to the Teampall Chaomhan, a church and graveyard which date back to the 10th century(!). The church is built underground and was covered by sand for many years so that people could practice their faith without being found out. We then returned to the hostel to meet up with our group and go listen to a talk from a man who grew up on the Island and who has maintained his house as it was when he was growing up. The house was so basic, with only two rooms- a bedroom and a living room with fire. This house would have housed he and his parents as well as his two siblings. HIs parents were fishermen, as are many who still live on the Island (only about 250 people inhabit the island year round) and he was a teacher in the local school before he retired. It was very neat to see how simply he and others lived even fairly recently. Next we ate lunch at the only pub on the island and got to sit outside overlooking the ocean because it was such a nice day. After lunch we walked along the coastline and as it was low tide ventured out onto the rocks. This is when we saw the seals! Anyone who knows me will obviously know how excited I was to see the seals! Alexa was just as excited as I was and we sat and watched the seals for about an hour. After the seals we walked visit the Tobar Eanna which is a holy well. The Irish believe in these Holy Wells and they are found throughout the country. Each one is dedicated to a certain saint and said to heal a certain affliction. This well was St. Edna's well and was meant to help combat infertility. We drank out of the well and then went back to the hostel. We had another meal at the Hotel, listened to some traditional music in the pub and went to bed. We then got up early this morning and headed back to the city.
The weekend was certainly excting and interesting in a different way--there was no running water from 8pm to 8 am, no streetlights and no shops or stores. Everyone just made do with what they had. It was neat to experience that for awhile.
Seals!
Beach outside the hostel
Rock walls overlooking the lakes
Overlooking the town on the Island
Shipwreck
Alexa drinking out of the well
Holy Well
Ocean at daybreak
Using kegs as fences!
Underground church in the graveyard
where the dogs at?
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