7the aran islands

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Scallop and Mussel travel round the Aran Islands.

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The trip to the Aran Islands.

The Leprechaum shows Scallop and Mussel the Aran Islands before the

wedding.

They take a ferry to Inismore.

They are approaching the Island

There are some boats at the harbour.

They walk round the Island

• There are many stone walls with holes around the island.

• That´s right . The holes let the sheep cross the stone walls and move freely round the island.

• That´s a good idea!

There are some seals by the sea

They pass by The Seven Churches

• What´s that?• The Seven Churches,

an old monastery.• What´s its name in

Gaelic?• “ Na Seacht d

´Teampail”• I won´t forget it.• Neither will I.

The Leprechaum shows them his house.

They visit fort Dun Aengus.

Dun Aengus is a prehistoric site located at the edge of the Atlantic sea cliffs.

• Why was it built?• It is believed that it was

built to demonstrate the islands´power when you see it from the sea.

• Has ever been inhabitated?

• Yes, it was occasionally been inhabitated around the 800BC.

• How interesting!

The Cliffs are so high and so dangerous here.

They carefully lie down by the edge of the cliff.

Let´s take a picture of the cliffs before going to the wedding!

At the wedding!

• We´ve enjoyed the dinner at the wedding.

• We had salad for starter and salmon fish cakes for the main dish and Irish apple pie for dessert.

• Everything was delicious.

They danced Irish dances

• We danced all night after the dinner.

• We learnt how to dance Irish dances and we learnt some Irish words.It was great gas!

• We flied to Dublin the following day.