Ship at Aranmore Port
This was my first time visiting Aranmore Island, which is Ireland’s seventh largest and county Donegal’s largest. I don’t think I was prepared for how big the island is but I brought the car with me just in case. It was a very pleasant ride from Burtonport to Aranmore. The seas were mostly calm with the slightly stronger waves just as we were approaching Aranmore Island itself. From the ship, there wasn’t really much to see here. Naturally, there would be houses near the water but from here, the island seem to be uninteresting. I hope that by spending a day here, I would be able to know this place a little more.
Boat at the Port of Aranmore
The first port of call would naturally be the port of Aranmore, pun intended. The port appeared to be less busier version of the one at Burtonport. There is no king welcoming visitors to Aranmore after you diembark unlike Tory Island also in county Donegal. I hope that Aranmore would be just as, if not more, enchanting. Aranmore is much larger than Tory though so I hope there more stuff to see here. The port primarily welcomes visitors from the mainland. There are several trips per day and it is probably not that far fetched that people commute from Aranmore to the mainland on a daily basis. There are also ships on the shore which appear to be under repair. I think this is pretty standard as far as ports go.
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