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Poignant performances in black comedy at Coventry theatre
Leamington Courier
MARTIN McDonagh's black comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan is set on the Aran island of Inishmaan at the time of the filming of the real-life documentary Man of Aran. Billy, the title character, sees the filming as a chance to escape the monotony and ...

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Belfast Telegraph
Investigation likely into fatal currach incident
Irish Times
His empty currach was located off the Aran island of Inis Mór yesterday morning. His body was recovered several hours later off the northern shore of Macdara island and taken by the RNLI Aran lifeboat to Rossaveal. Valentia Coast Guard co-ordinated the ...
Search resumes for fisherman missing off Galway coastIrish Examiner
Major search under way for missing fishermanThe Independent
Body found in search for fishermanBelfast Telegraph
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Drop Everything and head west
Irish Independent
She may be home to a Happy Hooker, golden beaches and Fr Ted's shipwreck, but Inis Oirr, one of the three 'wastes of rock' as described by Robert J Flaherty in his documentary Man Of Aran, can also lay claim to hosting Ireland's -- and Europe's -- most ...

GALWAY FISHING INDUSTRY SECURE FOLLOWING EU QUOTA DECISION
Galway News
Deputy Sean Kyne says the move will further support the creation of jobs with plans already underway for the Aran Island/Connemara region where 500 positions could come on board. Fashion Parade The GTI Fashion Fiesta parade of models through the city ...

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Forbes
Aran Islands Mystery Solved: No Tsunami Required
Forbes
Geologists studying the migration of massive boulders on Ireland's Aran Islands have determined–against mathematical modeling–that unusual storm waves could be responsible for the puzzling migration of massive boulders above the cliffs.
Old maps and dead clams help solve coastal boulder mysteryPhys.Org

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Let's Do Something - May 17, 2012
Brandon Sun
Based on a book and a documentary The Man of Aran tells the take of a group of people inhabiting the Aran islands off the coast of Ireland and a chance meeting with a Hollywood film crew. • 8 pm — The Outcasts present The Cripple of Inishmaan, ...

Irish Times
Between a rock and an urban place
Irish Times
The designers were really into the idea. We did this thing about reinventing the Aran sweater.� She was struck at the possibilities Inis Oírr – the smallest of the Aran Islands at just four square miles – offered as a cultural venue.

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Rogue waves, not tsunamis, move Aran Island rocks
Summit County Citizens Voice
By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Seemingly made of sheer rock, the Aran Islands, off the coast of Ireland, look like they were built to withstand the stormy waters of the North Atlantic forever. But new research suggests the sea has enough force to ...

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Irish Times
Body found in search for fisherman
Irish Times
Earlier, an empty currach was located close to the Aran island of Inis Mór. Gerry Folan (43), was an experienced seaman and trained diver from Carna, who was married with grown up children. He was last seen rowing a 5.5m (18ft) currach from the Mace ...
Body found in search for Galway fishermanRTE.ie

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BPW to have its summer lunch in aid of Galway Hospice
Galway Advertiser
Their Home Care service, which has been in operation since 1990, made 5813 “Hospice at Home� visits last year throughout county Galway, including the Aran Islands and Inishbofin. Their specialist nurses work in close collaboration with the General ...

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