The works of John MSynge .. . ?NOI^TH wSou^IO 30UTH tSO\JNX> till f-^ II I I I I I I II AUTHORS FOREWORD The geography of the Aran Islands is verysimple, yet it may need a word to are three islands: Aranmor, the northisland, about nine miles long; Inishmaan, themiddle island, about three miles and a halfacross, and nearly round in form; and thesouth island, Inishere — in Irish, east island,— like the middle island but slightly lie about thirty miles from Galway,up the centre of the bay, but they are not farfrom the cliffs of County Clare, on the south,ior the c

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The works of John MSynge .. . ?NOI^TH wSou^IO 30UTH tSO\JNX> till f-^ II I I I I I I II AUTHORS FOREWORD The geography of the Aran Islands is verysimple, yet it may need a word to are three islands: Aranmor, the northisland, about nine miles long; Inishmaan, themiddle island, about three miles and a halfacross, and nearly round in form; and thesouth island, Inishere — in Irish, east island,— like the middle island but slightly lie about thirty miles from Galway,up the centre of the bay, but they are not farfrom the cliffs of County Clare, on the south,ior the corner of Connemara on the north. Kilronan, the principal village on Aranmor,has been so much changed by the fishingindustry, developed there by the CongestedDistricts Board, that it has now very littleto distinguish it from any fishing villageon the west coast of Ireland. The otherislands are more primitive, but even on themmany changes are being made, that it wasnot worth while to deal with in the text. In the pages that follow I have given

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