The geography of the A ran Islands is very simple, yet it may need a word to itself. There are three i slands, Aranmor, the n orth island, about nine m iles long; Inishmaan, the m iddle i sland, about three m iles and a h alf across, and nearly round in form; and the s outh island, Inishere—in Irish, east island—like the middle island but slightly smaller.