JOHN SYNGE ABOUT THE ARAN ISLANDS(1898)

'Here and there a band of tall girls passed me on their way to Kilronan and called out to me.....speaking English with a slight foreign intonation....The rain and cold seemed to have no influence on their vitality and as they hurried past me with eager laughter and great talking in Gaelic, they left the wet masses of rock more desolate than before.'