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Inishmore (Irish: Árainn [ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ] ⓘ, Árainn Mhór [ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ woːɾ] or Inis Mór [ˈɪnʲɪʃ mˠoːɾ]) is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland.
The island of Inishmore hosted a Friends of Ted festival in 2007. The 1996 play The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh is set on the Aran Islands. The play is the first in the Aran Islands Trilogy, followed in 2001 by The Lieutenant of Inishmore , and the unpublished The Banshees of Inisheer .
For a simplified notion of a wormhole, space can be visualized as a two-dimensional surface. In this case, a wormhole would appear as a hole in that surface, lead into a 3D tube (the inside surface of a cylinder), then re-emerge at another location on the 2D surface with a hole similar to the entrance.
Inishmore was the first lighthouse built on the Aran Islands and was completed in 1818 in the centre of the island near Dun Oghil. Located on a hill 122m above sea level, it was designed to guide shipping past the island chain, but it became apparent that it was poorly positioned.
Dún Dúchathair or simply Dúchathair (anglicized Doocaher), [1] meaning "black fort", is a large stone fort on the cliffs at Cill Éinne, (Killeany), Inishmore (one of the Aran Islands) in County Galway, Ireland. [2]
In a three day period from the 3 October 2000, the Aran Islands Severn-class lifeboat 17-06 David Kirkaldy (ON 1217) spent over 30 hours at sea, searching for survivors of the Spanish Fishing trawler Arosa, which sank near Skerd Rocks, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Inishmore. Just one man survived of the 13 crew.
Dún Aonghasa (unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus [2]) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland.It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff.
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