Aran Islands bibliography

Last updated August 26, 2025

This is a bibliography of works relating to the Aran Islands.

O'Cillin, Tomas. Short Annals of Aran. Tuam: Archiepiscopal Library.
"A Sketch of the History and Antiquities of the Southern Islands of Aran". Royal Irish Academy Transactions. 14: 1821–5.
Gill, M. H. (1857). The Aran Isles: A Report. Dublin: Excursion of the Ethnological Section of the British Association from Dublin to the Western Islands of Aran.
Haverty, Martin (1859). Ethnological Excursion to the Aran Islands. Dublin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Wright, E. P. (1866). "Notes on the Flora of the Islands of Arran". Proceedings Dublin Natural History Society. 5.
Kinahan, George Henry. "Notes on Some of the Ancient Villages in the Aran Isles". Royal Irish Academy Proceedings. 10. County of Galway: 1866–70.
Kilbride, Rev. William (1868). "Notes on Some Antiquities on Aranmore in the Bay of Galway". Journal of the Historical and Antiquarian Association of Ireland. 1 (3).
Hart, H. C. (1875). A List of Plants Found in the Aran Islands. Dublin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Murphy, Denis. "On Two Sepulchral Urns Found in June 1885, in the South Isles of Arran". Royal Irish Academy Proceedings. 12: 1879–88.
Barry, James G. "Aran of the Saints". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 7: 1885–6.
Burke, Oliver J. (1887). The South Isles of Aran. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench and Co.
A. C. Haddon & C. R. Browne. "The Ethnography of the Aran Islands". Royal Irish Academy Proceedings. 2 (3): 1891–3.
Report on the Aran Islands. Congested Districts Board. 1893.
Colgan, Nathaniel (1893). "Notes on the Flora of the Aran Islands". Irish Naturalists' Journal.
Colgan, Nathaniel (1895). "Witchcraft In the Aran Islands". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 25.
MacAlister, R. A. S. (1895). "Crosses at Kilbrecan, Aran". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 25.
Westropp, Thomas J. (1895). "The North Isle of Aran". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 25.
Die araner mundart, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Marburg 1899
Smuainte ar Árainn, Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh, ar n-a cur amac do Connrad na Gaedilge, Dublin, 1902
Synge, John M. (July 1905). The Kelp Makers. Manchester Guardian.
The Aran Islands , John M. Synge, Elkin Mathews, London, 1907
Westropp, Thomas J. (1910). "A Study of the Fort of Dun Aengusa in Inishmore, Aran Isles, Ireland: Its Plan, Growth and Records". Royal Irish Academy Proceedings. 28 (C). London: Hodges, Figgis & Co.: 1909–10.
Westropp, Thomas J. (1910). "A Study of the Early Forts and Stone Huts in Inishmore, Aran Islands". Royal Irish Academy Proceedings. 28 (C).
Phillips, R. A. (1910). "The Non-Marine Mollusca of Inishmore". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 19.
Westropp, Thomas J. (1912–13). "Brasil and the Legendary Islands of the North Atlantic". Royal Irish Academy Proceedings. 30.
MacAlister, R. A. S. (1913). "The Stone of the Seven Romans". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 3 (6).
Hedderman, B. N. (1917). Glimpses of My Life in Aran. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
MacAlister, R.A.S. (1922). "The Cross Inscribed Holed Stone at Mainster Chiarain, Aran, Co. Galway". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 52.
Klimm, L. E. (1927). "Inishmore: An Outpost Island". Geographical Review. 17 (3): 387–396. doi:10.2307/208322. JSTOR 208322.
O'Ceallaigh, Tadhg (April 1929). Ailleadoireacht i nArainn. An Stoc.
Oileáin Árann, Mártan Ó Domhnaill, Muinntir C. S. Ó Fallamhain, Dublin, 1930
Murphy, Robert Cushman (June 1931). "The Timeless Arans". National Geographic Magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Stelfox, A. W. (November 1933). "On the Occurrence of a Peculiar Race of the Humble Bee, Bombus Smithianus White, on the Aran Islands in Western Ireland". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 4 (12).
Man of Aran . Robert Flaherty. 1934.
Oidhche Sheanchais or The Story Teller. Robert Flaherty. 1934.
O'Flaherty, Tom (1934). Aranmen All. Dublin: Hamish Hamilton Ltd.
O'Flaherty, Tom (1935). Cliffmen of the West. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Mullen, Pat (1935). Man of Aran. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Klimm, L. E. (1935). "The Relation Between Field Patterns and Jointing in the Aran Islands". Geographical Review. 25 (4): 618–624. doi:10.2307/209400. JSTOR 209400.
Mullen, Pat (1936). Hero Breed. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Klimm, L. E. (1936). "The Rain Tanks of Aran". Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.
McNeill, D. B. (1938). "The Antiquarian Remains of Inisheer, Aran, County Galway". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 68.
Mullen, Pat (1940). Come Another Day. London: Faber & Faber.
Inishmore, Aran (1943). "Finding of Whales' Vertebrae in Clochan-na-Carraige". Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Journal. 73. Co. Galway: H. G. Leask.
"History of the Aran Islands", T.V. O'Brien, 1945 (manuscript copies in Trinity College Dublin (#3198) and London Library)
Rivers, Elizabeth (1946). "Stranger in Aran". Dublin: Cuals Press.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Mason, Thomas H. (1950). The Islands of Ireland; their scenery, people, life, and antiquities. London: Batsford.
Goulden, J. R. W. (March 1952). "Arkin: Outpost in Aran". Irish Sword. 1 (4).
De Paor, Liam (June 1955). "The Limestone Crosses of Clare and Aran". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 26.
Armstrong, Edward A. (October 1957). "Birds of the Aran Islands". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 12 (8).
Hackett, Earle and Folan (June 1958). "The ABO and RH Blood Groups of the Aran Islanders". Irish Journal of Medical Science. 33 (390): 247–261. doi:10.1007/BF02951578. PMID 13549082. S2CID 42880127.
Barrett, John H. (October 1958). "Birds Seen on Inishmore, Aran Islands". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 12 (12).
Gailey, R. A. (1959). "Settlement and Population in the Aran Islands". Irish Geography. 4 (1): 65–78. doi: 10.1080/00750775909555528 .
Synge, John M. (1962). Four plays and the Aran Islands. London: Oxford University Press.
Marshall, Arthur Calder (1963). The Innocent Eye. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Pyle, Hilary (1964). "When the Vestal Came to Aran". The Irish Times.
Síocháin, P. A. Ó (1967) [1962]. Aran: Islands of Legend (3rd ed.). Dublin: Devin-Adair.
Messenger, John C. (1983) [1969]. Inis Beag: Isle of Ireland. Long Grove, IL, USA: Waveland Press. ISBN 0881330515. OCLC 10578752.
Messenger, John C. (1971). "Sex and Repression in an Irish Folk Community". In Donald S. Marshall; Robert C. Suggs (eds.). Human Sexual Behavior: Variations in the Ethnographic Spectrum . New York: Basic Books. ISBN 9780465031573.
The Aran Islands and Galway City including Westropp's Account of the Aran Islands. Dublin: Mount Salus Press. 1971.
Thomas, Veronica (April 1971). "The Arans, Ireland's Invincible Isles". National Geographic Magazine.
Synge, J. M. (1971). Lilo Stephens (ed.). My Wallet of Photographs . Dublin: Dolmen Press. ISBN 9780851051895.
Skelton, Robin (1971). J. M. Synge and His World . Viking Press. ISBN 9780670407293.
The Aran Islands, Daphne Pochin Mould, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972
Ruth Wills Shaw & Devin-Adair, ed. (1975). J.M. Synge's Guide to the Aran Islands. Old Greenwich.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Daly, Leo (1975). Oileain Arann. Swinford.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Robinson, Tim; Cill Ronain (1975). Oileain Arann, a Map of the Aran Islands.
Field and Shore: Daily Life & Traditions: Aran Islands 1900. Dublin: O'Brien Educational. 1977.
Curriculum Development Unit (1977). A World of Stone. Dublin: O'Brien Press.
Cuaiart ar Oilean Arann; Dara O'Connaola (1978). Guide to the Aran Islands. Ceard Shiopa Inis Oirr Teo.
George Stoney (1978). How the Myth Was Made. New York: Museum of Modern Art.
Ó Siadhail, Micheal (1978). Téarmaí tógálá agus tís as Inis Meáin. Dublin: Institiúid Ardléinn Bhaile Átha Cliath.
O'Connaola, Dara (1979). An Gaiscioch Beag. An Gum.
Smith, Dennis (1980). Aran Islands, a Personal Journey. Garden City: Doubleday & Co.
Tim Robinson; Cill Ronain (1980). Oileain Arann, a Map and Guide.
Webb, D. A. (1980). "The Flora of the Aran Islands". Journal of Life Sciences. 2. Royal Dublin Society.
Powell, Antoine (1984). Oileain Arann, Stair na nOilean Anuas Go dti. Dublin: Wolfhound Press.
Robinson, Tim (1986). Stone of Aran: Pilgrimage. Dublin: Lilliput Press & Mullingar/Wolfhound Press.
Conamara Agus Arainn, 1880-1980, Gneithe den Stair Shoisialta, Micheal O'Conghaile, Clo Iar-Chonnachta Teo., Beal an Daingin, Conamara, 1988
P. M. McCarthy; M.E. Mitchell (1988). Lichens of the Burren Hills and the Aran Islands. Galway Officina Typographica.
Thatched Homes of the Aran Islands, An Teachin Ceanntui, Dara O'Connaola, Ceard Shiopa Inis Oirr Teo., 1988
Messenger, John C. (1989). Inis Beag revisited: the anthropologist as observant participator. Salem, Wisconsin: Sheffield. ISBN 0-88133-408-1.
An Aran Reader. Dublin: Lilliput Press. 1991.
Goldman, Arnold; Colin Smythe (1991). Synge's the Aran Islands: A World of Grey. Gerrards Cross.
Harmony Guide to Aran Knitting. London: Lyric Books Ltd. 1991.
Archaeological Inventory of County Galway. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1993.
Concheanainn, Peadar Ó (1993). Inis Meáin : seanchas agus scéalta. Dublin: An Gúm.
Hart, William E. (1993). Synge's First Symphony: the Aran Islands. New Britain, CT, USA: Mariel Publications.
Pedersen, Holger (1994). Scéalta Mháirtín Neile : Bailiúchán scéalta ó Árainn. Dublin: Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann An Coláiste Ollscoile.
Robinson, Tim (1995). Stones of Aran: Labyrinth. Dublin, Ireland: Lilliput Press.
Eolas, Tir (1995). The Book of Aran.
"The Aran Isles". National Geographic Magazine. April 1996.
Dirrane, Bridget (1997). A woman of Aran: the life and times of Bridget Dirrane . Dublin: Blackwater Press. ISBN 9780861219629.
McDonagh, Martin (1997). The Cripple of Inishmaan . London: Methuen Drama.
O'Donnell, Edward Eugene (1998) [1925]. Images of Aran: photographs by Father Browne. Dublin: Wolfhound Press.
Nelson, E. Charles (1999). Wild plants of the Burren and the Aran Islands: a Simple Souvenir Guide to the Flowers and Fern. Wilton, Cork, Ireland: Collins Press.
Doyle, Bill (1999). The Aran Islands: Another World . Dublin: Lilliput Press. ISBN 9781901866155.
Dara Ó Maoildhia; Aisling Árann; Inis Mór (2002). Legends in the Landscape, Pocket Guide to Árainn, Inis Mór, Aran Islands. Co Galway, Ireland.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Ruairí Ó Síocháin (2003). Aran Islands - A Journey through Changing Times (DVD). Dublin.

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