On our trip to Ireland, we got to visit Inis Mor – one of the Aran Island. It was amazing!
We arrived in the harbor and rented some bikes. Noel and I both got mountain bikes, and we were so grateful for that! The paved roads were fine for any bike, but the smaller roads were really rocky and hard to traverse.
We set off biking and took a wrong turn, and accidentally happened to get almost to the Black Castle! The views there were spectacular.
The landscape on Inis Mor is definitely something else, almost out of this world. Long, flat cliffs, eroded by winds and the water from the Atlantic. 
I thought these cliffs were just as amazing as the Cliffs of Moher, if not more, because here we were almost alone in nature! 
You can hear yourself think a lot clearer when not surrounded by hundreds and thousands of people (like it felt when at the Cliffs of Moher). Or rather, you can almost not hear yourself think, because the noise of the waves and the wind was so loud! 
It was amazing to hear the sound of the waves coming from far away, to see the spray extend all across the edges of the cliffs tens of meters up into the air! 
We left our bikes further away from the cliffs – it was nearly impossible to bike all the way out to the ledge, and I definitely wouldn’t have wanted to! It felt a bit scary to stand there so near the edge and a huge drop into the cold Atlantic, with harsh winds throwing us this way and that.
The landscape on Inis Mor is really pretty with old rock walls everywhere, I’m guessing both aiding to know which property is whose, and also shelters the cattle a little bit from the wind.
Lots and lots of these lovely rock walls! 
We met quite a few donkeys and horses along the way!
The main roads are paved and easy to bike on – except when the winds in your face, trying to push you back to where you started from!
Nice horsey, looked content to stand there and stare at everyone who biked past and took pics. There were quite a few of us! Inis Mor has about a thousand inhabitants, and hundreds of thousands of visitors every year!
We finally arrived at the small village where our B&B was located. The shops open and close when the owners feel like it!
Kilmurvey house – definitely worth a recommendation! The lady who owned the place was so nice, and our room was great and breakfast excellent.
From Kilmurvey house, it was just a small trek up the cliffs to visit Dun Aonghasa – a very impressive looking Stone Age fortress.
We walked up to the fort in very windy conditions – if I ever come here again, I’ll wish for a tad bit less wind! 
It was so windy, we almost thought we would fly off into the Atlantic Ocean! 
According to Wikipedia, the holder of all knowledge, the fort was originally built 1000 meters away from the ocean. The sea levels lowering means us nowaday-people get a whole other experience of the fort! 
The cliffs are about 100 meters high here – and with the very windy weather we actually had sea spray hit us from down below! The waves hitting the cliffs were huge, and the sound was just amazing. It was such a rush!
The stuff of nightmares, and also of so much inspiration -it’s no wonder Kilmurvey House sometimes houses Writer’s retreat! The location is just brimming with inspiration for all kinds of art!
The fort itself mainly consists of rebuilt rock walls, fitting on this particular island!
The next day we biked back to the harbor and the ferry leaving for Galway.
This time we took the low road, and saw a lot of cattle, horses, donkeys and birds – there’s a really lovely little lake along the road that has a lot of wild birds.
All the signs are in Irish on Inis Mor, which is part of the Gaeltacht, the places where Irish is still spoken as a mother tongue (rather like ”Svenskfinland”, I imagine, the parts of Finland where Swedish is predominantly spoken).
Then it was back to the harbor and the ferry back to Galway.
Inis Mor and Dun Aonghasa was amazing, and I so hope to visit the island again some time in the future!