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The smallest of the Aran Islands, Inis Oírr (Inisheer) is a name derived from Inis Oirthir meaning “island of the east”. About 3 square kilometres in size, Inis Oírr is a walker’s paradise. An extension of the Burren, the island is a limestone pavement rising to a highest point of 60 metres above sea level. The flora and fauna include many extremely rare species, some of which are under conservation order. Fifty-seven species of birds, thirty-two kinds of wildflower and grass (including a species of darnell grass and one of cornflower found nowhere else), and three types of bumblebee share the island with about 250 human beings.