"I am settled at last on Inishmaan in a small cottage with a continual drone of Gaelic coming from the kitchen that opens into my room." I have always been fascinated by the work of John Millington Synge who first came to Aran in 1898 and soon moved from Inishmore - the largest of the islands, which he felt had become much like any other western seaboard town - to this house on the more primitive island of Inishmaan where he stayed with the MacDonagh family. The house is still owned by the family and now includes a Synge museum. Sadly, it's not open today but I'm sure it will be open in July and August. This quote is from Synge's book 'The Aran Islands' first published in 1907. Try to get a copy of the Penguin paperback edition with cover photo by Synge and wonderful preface by Tim Robinson who has written extensively about Aran as well as mapping the islands.