The Banshees of Inisherin, which I found rather mournful: not a deal of hope or gaiety in it, but more than a fair share of obsession and stubbornness. Excellent acting. One reference to Irish lit was the wee black donkey, recalling a famous story by Pádraic O Conaire, born in Galway in 1882, titled: M' Asal Beag Dubh (My Little Black Ass).
Much of it was filmed on Inís Mor (Big Island), the largest of the Aran group, which I've not visited, alas. But I recognised Keem Bay on Achill Island as the setting for Colm's cottage. The house was built for the film and then taken down and the site restored. Same for the local pub.
Looking SW from Keem beach.
The beachkeeper's cottage and a wonderful bridge of cut stone. I think it must have been a lifeboat station at one time: out of sight to the left there's a storage building and a currach upturned with its bow to the sea.
For all its grandeur, the bridge is crossed by a road that ascends a steep slope and ends above the sea, traversed mostly by sheep. I'd guess it was one of the public works erected by the starving during the Hunger, to justify their meager keep. There's also a stone wall running straight up a steep slope. Throughout the west of Ireland, there are quite a few towers and such of the same origin, collectively known as Follies.
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