Inishmaan (Aran Isands)
Inis Meain
A window in the storm
Our boat, in wild motion, reconnects the island.
Only clouds, stone and earth in watery isolation
The sky hangs close.
A lattice-work of precarious stone walls
Like a maze with no challengers
holding earth and cattle here.
Small defiant shelters, then a writer's* refuge
Where ancient languages and stories
are revived in 'the little university**'.
A descendant recounts by turf fire.
By Cathy Lewis
* J.M Synge visited the Island of Inishmaan, the Aran Islands, every summer between 1898 and 1902. He stayed in the same cottage, owned by Brid and Paidin Mac Donnchadha. He is said to have got inspiration for 'The Playboy of the Western World' and 'Riders to the Sea' there. It was restored and opened to the public in August 1999.
**The name the artist who gathered in the cottage, gave to their sessions.
Copyright C. Lewis
A window in the storm
Our boat, in wild motion, reconnects the island.
Only clouds, stone and earth in watery isolation
The sky hangs close.
A lattice-work of precarious stone walls
Like a maze with no challengers
holding earth and cattle here.
Small defiant shelters, then a writer's* refuge
Where ancient languages and stories
are revived in 'the little university**'.
A descendant recounts by turf fire.
By Cathy Lewis
* J.M Synge visited the Island of Inishmaan, the Aran Islands, every summer between 1898 and 1902. He stayed in the same cottage, owned by Brid and Paidin Mac Donnchadha. He is said to have got inspiration for 'The Playboy of the Western World' and 'Riders to the Sea' there. It was restored and opened to the public in August 1999.
**The name the artist who gathered in the cottage, gave to their sessions.
Copyright C. Lewis
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