Just to the left of the entrance to Dun Aengus on Aranmore Island is Dun Aengusa Knitwear, where Sarah Flaherty has been selling her hand knit sweaters for decades. Nevertheless, at €100 they are nice sweaters. The attached label stated that these are authentic patterns, but are carefully worded to not claim that they were knitted in Ireland, or of Irish wool. Here is what I learned:Įverywhere we went I found sweaters labelled Original Aran Co.
On our May 2019 trip to Ireland, I wanted to find an authentic Aran island fisherman knit sweater.