Ireland day 27
Inisheer (Irish: Inis Oírr) is the smallest and most easterly of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. With 281 residents as of the 2016 census, it is the second-most populous of the Arans. The island is geologically an extension of The Burren. The terrain of the island is composed of limestone pavements with crisscrossing cracks known as "grikes", leaving isolated rocks called "clints".The cargo vessel Plassey was shipwrecked off Inis Oírr on 8 March 1960, and has since been thrown above high tide mark at Carraig na Finise on the island by strong Atlantic waves. The ship features in the opening credits of the TV Show Father Ted, as the show was based on these islands.
After a few hours on the Island, the return ferry included a close up sail past the Cliffs of Moher. There are probably some Puffins amongst the tiny blobs in the pictures.
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