How to get here

Oileán Árainn Mhóir is situated just three miles off the north west coast of Donegal and covers an area of seven square miles.

Some 522 people are resident on the island though the population often rises to 1500 during the summer months. Formerly known as Ára Uí Dhomhnaill (O'Donnell's Aran) the island was controlled by the O'Donnell clan in the Middle Ages. English forces ousted the Gaelic chieftains and the Plantation of Ulster began in 1609. In the middle of the 17th century, the greater part of West Donegal, including Árainn Mhór, was granted to Lord Conyngham, who built and lived in Slane Castle in County Meath. In the 19th century, John Stoupe Charley of County Antrim, who built and took up residence in Glen House in 1855, bought the island. He also built a Protestant church, now demolished, and founded the island's first school in Fál an Ghabhann.

Following the collapse of landlordism and the break-up of the great estates, the island was transferred to the Irish Land Commission (in 1893) and ownership was returned to the people.





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Getting here:
Scheduled ferry services run daily between Burtonport and Oileán Árainn Mhóir.

Passenger Ferry
Contact Details:
Arranmore Fast Ferry/Realt na Maidine
Telephone:+353 (087)3171810
louise@arranmorecharters.com
www.arranmorecharters.com.

Vehicle & Passenger Ferry
Contact Details: Maoin na Farraige
Telephone:+353 74 9520532
arranmoreferry@arainnmhor.com
www.arranmoreferry.com

Approximate Distances to Burtonport Harbour

Dublin - 180 miles
Belfast - 130 miles
Sligo - 85 miles
Galway - 170 miles
Shannon - 220 miles

By Car
From Dublin via Cavan, Enniskillen N3 - N56
From Dublin via Sligo N4 - N15 – N56
From Galway via Sligo N17 - N15 – N56
From Belfast via Derry & Letterkenny M2 – A6 – N13

By Rail
Sligo Rail Station is the nearest railway station to Donegal and operates frequent services to/from Dublin.

By Air
The nearest airports are Donegal, Sligo and Derry.

Airports:
Aerfort Dhún na nGall/Donegal Airport
www.donegalairport.ie

On-line flight bookings to Donegal
www.aerarann.com

Sligo Airport
www.sligoairport.com

City of Derry Airport
www.cityofderryairport.com

Belfast City Airport
www.belfastcityairport.com

Belfast International Airport
www.bial.co.uk

Dublin Airport
www.dublinairport.com