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Cill Rónáin
Kilronan
Church of Saint Ronan
Cill Rónáin—Church of Saint Ronan—takes its name from the 6th-century Irish hermit saint credited with evangelizing the island. The place name reflects the ecclesiastical origins of settlement on Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands, where early Christian communities established themselves around religious foundations. Kilronan developed as the primary harbour settlement, its sheltered na...
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