Coláiste

Local History

Shipwrecks

Culture

Arranmore Island has been inhabited since prehistoric times and it's likely to have been one of Donegal's first coastal population center's. Archaeological sites on the island have been dated to the Early Iron Age (800 BC) and the island was also home to a number of Gaelic chieftains, Manus Óg O'Domhnaill (Manus O'Donnell), a cousin of the Donegal chieftain Aodh Dubh O'Domhnaill, being its most famous. Many of the Gaelic traditions practised by these families are still alive on Arranmore today and can be heard and seen on your visit.