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NAMES & NEWSDuring the 19th century, many Irish people
left the country to make new lives in Austral-
ia. Now, a tiny island off the coast of Donegal
wants their descendants to come back.
The people of Arranmore have written an
open letter to the people of Australia. They
write that the island now has high-speed in-
ternet connections “as good as any office in
Sydney or Melbourne”. As the island is only 22
square kilometres, “your commute, wherever
you are, will only ever be five minutes”.“The ambition is to stimulate employment
and reverse over a century of emigration that
has seen the island’s population drop to just
469 people,” Adrian Begley of the Arranmore
Island Community Council told The Sydney
Morning Herald.
Neil Gallagher, a mobile games developer,
has moved back to Arranmore from Australia.
“The setup is as good as any city in the world,
but the view is so much better,” Gallagher ex-
plained.Island with
charm and WiFi:
ArranmoreAUSTRALIA/IRELANDCome back, come back
to Arranmore MEDIUM AUDIO
community council
[kəˌmjuːnəti ˈkaʊns&l]
, Gemeindeverwaltung
commute [kəˈmjuːt]
, Arbeitsweg
descendants [diˈsendənts]
, Nachkommen
off the coast [)ɒf DE (kEUst]
, vor der Küste
reverse sth. [riˈvɜːs]
, etw. umkehren, rückgängig machen
setup [ˈsetʌp]
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