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'''Inishmore''' ({{lang-ga|'''Árainn'''}} {{IPA-ga|ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ||GT Árainn.ogg}}, {{lang|ga|Árainn Mhór}} {{IPA-ga|ˈaːɾˠən̠ʲ woːɾ|}} or {{lang|ga|Inis Mór}} {{IPA-ga|ˈɪnʲɪʃ mˠoːɾ|}}) is the largest of the [[Aran Islands]] in [[Galway Bay]], off the west coast of Ireland. With an area of {{convert|31|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a population of 762 (as of 2016), it is the second-largest island off the Irish coast (after [[Achill]]) and the most populous of the Aran Islands.

Solutional processes have widened and deepened the grikes of the limestone pavement. Pre-existing lines of weakness in the rock (vertical joints) contribute to the formation of extensive fissures separated by clints (flat pavement- like slabs). The rock karstification facilitates the formation of subterranean drainage.

The island supports [[arctic]], [[Mediterranean]], and [[Alps|alpine]] plants side by side, due to the unusual environment. Like the Burren, the Aran islands are known for their unusual assemblage of plants and animals.<ref>{{cite journal

Inis Mór today is a major tourist destination, with bed and breakfast accommodationsaccommodation scattered across the island. Private minibuses, horse-drawn carriages, and bicycles are the main methods of getting about for the numerous tourists who visit the island in the summer months.

There is a small museum illustrating the history of [[Dún Aonghasa]] and its possible functions, while the Aran Sweater Market is a focal point for visitors who can trace the culture and history associated with the Aran sweater through the on-site museum. Nearby isare a [[Neolithic]] tomb and a small heritage park at Dún Eochla, featuring examples of a traditional [[Thatching|thatched cottage]] and [[Poitín|poteen]] distillery.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.emmedici.com/journeys/aran/eforti.htm| title=Prehistoric Forts| author=Mario De Carli| access-date=1 March 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907072800/http://www.emmedici.com/journeys/aran/eforti.htm| archive-date=7 September 2016| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

* [[Liam O'Flaherty]], [[bilingual]] playwright, novelist, and short story writer, 28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984

* 916 – "[[Egnech]], successor of Enda of Ara, bishop, and anchorite, died."

* M1560.8 "Mahon, the son of Turlough, son of Teige, son of Donough, son of Donnell, son of Turlough Meith O'Brien, went into Desmond with the crew of a ship and boat, from the island of Aran. He took prisoners in the southern country, but some assert that the taking of them was of no advantage, and that they only accompanied him through friendship. On his return with his spoils, the wind became rough, and the sky angry,; and the ship and boat were separated from each other; and when the ship was making for Aran atin the beginning of the night, the sail was swept away from the hands of the men and warriors, and torn to rags off the ropes and tackles, and wafted into the regions of the firmament; and the ship afterwardafterwards struck upon a rock, which is at the mouth of Cuan-an-fhir-mhoir, in West Connaught, where she was lost, with her crew, except Mahon and three others. Upwards of one hundred were drowned in that harbour, among whom was Tuathal O'Malley, the best pilot of a fleet of longshipslong ships in his time."

* M1565.3 "Mahon, the son of Turlough Mantagh, son of Donough, son of Donnell, son of Turlough Meith, was treacherously slain in his own town of Aircin, in Aran, by his own associates and relations. When the chief men of Galway heard of this, they set out to revenge this misdeed upon the treacherous perpetrators, so that they compelled them to fly from their houses; and they the fugitives went into a boat, and put to sea; and where they landed was in the harbour of Ross, in West Corca-Bhaiscinn. Donnell, the son of Conor O'Brien, having heard of this, he hastened to meet them with all the speed that he could exert; and he made prisoners of the greater number of them, and carried them in close fetters to Magh Glae, in the upper part of Corcomroe, soin order that their sorrow and anguish might be the greater for being givenin view of the place where they had perpetrated the crime; he hanged some of them, and burned others, according as their evil practices deserved."