What Arran and the islands mean to Ireland can be strikingly witnessed any summer s day along the coast from Dungloe to Burtonport. From various vantage points, hundreds of visitors are watching the boats ply in and out, and are gazing wistfully at the houses that lie close to the horizon beyond the sea. Boats leave Burtonport every half hour. Boats can be chartered for 75 pence. Cost of transporting a car is 150 pence.
Rainbow trout abound in two of the island s lakes.
Cod, Tope, Dog, Gurnard, Mackeral, etc. Singing pubs and dance hall cater for night life. There is an Irish Tourist Board registered hotel on the island and full board can also be had in some of the houses. There are also a number of houses for letting. The island also has a popular Youth Hostel.