#Inis Mór

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Crios making, Inishmore, 1952

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Inis Mór. March 2023.

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#OTD in Irish History | 21 April:

1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Birth of author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, daughter of an Irish father and eldest of the three Brontë Sisters. 1871 – Birth of Labour leader and Irish nationalist, John Fitzpatrick, in Athlone, Co Westmeath. 1874 – Birth of mechanical engineer, designer of cars and tanks, Walter Wilson, in…

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The Atlantic off the cliffs of Inis Mór, Country Galway, Ireland

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Dorothy Cross 1. Chiasm (Poll na bPéist [The Wormhole] Calm Weather, Inis Mór, Galway, Ireland), 1999 2. Chiasm (Poll na bPéist [The Wormhole] Stormy, Inis Mór, Galway, Ireland), 1999

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Inis Mór.

Aran Islands, Connacht, Ireland.

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Amelia Stein

De la série “ Inis Mór “, 1994

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wherever there is light  + 2023 IN PHOTOGRAPHS: Chicago (Brookfield Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo, Garfield Conservatory, Roseland Cemetery, Graceland Cemetery, Navy Pier) and Ireland (Cliffs of Moher, Inis Mór, Killarney National Park, Timoleague Friary)

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Bríd Dirrane (1894-2003)

Fascinating woman! She lived to 109 and was buried on Inis Mór, where she was born, remarried and lived a large chunk of her life. She was a nurse and also wrote memoirs which were published in the late nineties.

Bríd and two of her brothers in 1917, from an article by Galway Beo

Here’s an interesting article about her also

Her book is also available to borrow from the Internet Archive

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Silver sky, silver stones and silver sea

Inis Mór, June 2019

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Inis Mór (Inishmore), Oileáin Árann (Aran Islands), Ireland

This is where part of the 2022 movie The Banshees of Inisherin was filmed! It's a gorgeous place, with gorgeous cliffs.

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cobh and inis mór

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#OTD in 1998 – Bridget Dirrane, who was imprisoned with Kevin Barry and who canvassed for John F. Kennedy in the United States, celebrated her 104th birthday with news that she was to be featured in the new edition of the Guinness Book of Records.

Bridget Dirrane was the oldest native of Ireland’s Aran Islands and the second oldest person in Ireland. Éamon de Valera was the Irish political leader she most admired, but in a life touching three centuries, she met Pádraig Pearse, went on hunger strike in Mountjoy gaol, campaigned for John F Kennedy in Boston, and was the oldest recipient of an honorary degree, which earned her a place in the…

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Dry stone works on Inis Mór.

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In Colin Farrell’s Golden Globe 2023 acceptance speech he said: "I want to thank Sheila Flitton, who played our banshee. I want to thank the cast and the crew, and the locals of Inis Mór and Achill Island that brought us in. There were lines blurred between all of us and we were just all one big family for the betterment of all our souls on that experience."

As a wrap gift, Colin gave Sheila a brown poncho from Inisheer.

The Banshees of the movie title and of the song Colm is composing are significant. In Irish folklore: female spirits who shriek and wail signal that a family member will die soon. In The Banshees of Inisherin, it’s clear that Mrs. McCormick (Shelia) whom Padraic and Siobhan avoid like the plague, is the village banshee. She suggests death is on the horizon with the Irish Civil War, Colm, Padraic or another islander.

Sheila with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell at the Irish Premiere of The Banshees of Inisherin (14 October 2022).

Trivia - Martin McDonagh said he had the title of The Banshees of Inisherin long before he wrote the script. Similar to Colin’s character Marty who had the title of Seven Psychopaths before he wrote the script in the movie.