Island Diary.

Although officially Autumn, from a vacation point of view, August is definitely summer in Inis Meáin and the month kicks off with the island’s annual sports festival. The highlight has always been the Currach Races – the local fishing boat featured in our logo – and traditionally locals from the two neighbouring islands would row over to take part in the sports and the revelry. Also a homecoming weekend for islanders settled elsewhere, flying home for summer vacation to Inis Meáin has quite a literal meaning as every house on the island can be seen on the landing approach, as well as our Workshop and Island Store to the right of the aerial view above.

​If you find yourself in the Galway area, a day trip to Inis Meáin is a unique experience and we’d be delighted to welcome you at our Island Store from Wednesdays to Saturdays. The Store, designed by preeminent architect Shane de Blacam, features fresh new styles across Mens, Womens and Accessories, as well as archive sales and imperfects, all made in the Workshop next door. A Travel Toolkit is available on the website of Inis Meáin Islands Stays here.

While our Workshop artisans are now on well-earned annual holidays, our Online Shop also remains open as usual and is well-stocked with beautifully light and airy knitted linen for late summer as well as the first drop of our exciting new Autumn/Winter Collection – perfectly apt for a month classified as meteorological Summer and calendrical Autumn.