Aran is an administrative entity in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, 620.47 square kilometres (239.56 sq mi) in area, in the Pyrenees mountains, in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida.
The Aran Islands or The Arans are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland, with a total area around 46 km2 (18 sq mi). They constitute the barony of Aran in County Galway, Ireland.
St. Enda's School, or Scoil Éanna, was a secondary school for boys set up in 1908 in Ranelagh, Dublin by Irish nationalist Patrick Pearse.
Patxaran is a sloe-flavoured liqueur commonly drunk in Navarre, Basque Country, and other areas of Spain. It is usually served as a digestif either chilled or on ice.
Saint Enda of Aran is an Irish saint. His feast day is 21 March.
Inisheer is the smallest and most eastern of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. With about 260 permanent residents, it is more populous than Inishmaan but less than Inishmore. Caomhán of Inis Oírr is the island's patron saint. There are five primary settlements on Inis Oírr, including Baile Thiar, Chapeltown, Castle Village, Baile an Fhormna and Baile an Lorgain.
Inis Mór is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay in Ireland and has an area of 31 km2 (12 sq mi). Inis Mór has a population of about 840, making it the largest of the Aran Islands in terms of population and largest island off the Irish coast with no bridge or causeway to the mainland.
Saint Fanchea of Rossory is a saint recognized by the Orthodox Church, the Church in Wales, and the Roman Catholic Church. She was the sister of Saint Enda of Arran, whom she persuaded to become a monk. Her feast day is January 1.
Killeany was an Irish monastery.
Enda is an Irish given name. Though predominantly a male name, it can refer to a man or a woman.
Breandán Ó hEithir was an Irish writer and broadcaster.
Gormgal of Ardoileán, Connemara, died 1017/1018.
Egnech was an Abbot of Aran. He was one of the few attested successors of Enda of Aran, and only the second named as such since the saint's death in 530. His death is recorded laconically in the Irish annals, without details. Viking activity occurred in the Galway Bay and Connemara region in these years but cannot be linked to Egnech's death.
Flann Ua Aedha was Abbot of Aran.
Maelcoluim Ua Cormacain was an Abbot of Aran.
Nem Moccu Birn was Abbot of Aran.
Colmán mac Comán was Abbot of Aran, Ireland.
Gormgal of Ardoileán was an Irish cleric.
Saint Brecan was an Irish saint active in the 5th century AD. There are legends concerning Brecan from Clare and Aran, and wells and churches are dedicated to him in various places in Ireland. His main monument is the Tempull Breccain complex on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : John Healy (1913). "The Monastic School of Aran". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
