{"id":636159,"date":"2026-09-26T00:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/636159\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T00:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:56:11","slug":"person-winched-to-safety-from-aran-islands-wormhole-after-being-swept-onto-ledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/636159\/","title":{"rendered":"Person winched to safety from Aran Islands \u2018wormhole\u2019 after being swept onto ledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A PERSON HAS been rescued from the coast of Inis M\u00f3r after being knocked down by a wave and swept onto a ledge near the sea.<\/p>\n<p>The Aran Islands RNLI was tasked to the incident shortly after 1.35pm today, alongside the Rescue 118 Coast Guard helicopter and Aran Fire and Rescue services.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened near the Wormhole on the south of the island, with rescuers facing strong south-westerly winds and rough seas.<\/p>\n<p>The Wormhole, known as Poll na bPeist, is a natural rectangular-shaped pool at the bottom of the cliffs, south of D\u00fan Aonghasa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790384171_573_.jpeg\"  alt=\"aerial-view-of-famous-poll-na-bpeist-or-the-wormhole-natural-rectangular-shaped-pool-at-the-bottom-of-the-cliffs-south-of-dun-aonghasa-also-known-a\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Poll na bPeist, also known as the Wormhole                    Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n<p>    Alamy Stock Photo\n<\/p>\n<p>Aran Fire and Rescue located the casualty and secured them with a rope as large waves continued to break around the ledge.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue 118 subsequently arrived and winched the person to safety, while the Aran Islands lifeboat remained on standby.<\/p>\n<p>The casualty was flown to University Hospital Galway for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Aran Islands RNLI coxswain Aonghus \u00d3 hIarn\u00e1in described it as a \u201cchallenging rescue in extremely difficult conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat credit is due to Rescue 118 and Aran Fire &amp; Rescue for their skill in carrying out the recovery safely and successfully,\u201d \u00d3 hIarn\u00e1in said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged people walking along the coastline to keep a safe distance from cliff edges and slippery or unstable paths and to remain aware of sea conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A PERSON HAS been rescued from the coast of Inis M\u00f3r after being knocked down by a wave&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[96899,81337,3175,61,270220,60,43,34870,99065,35221],"class_list":["post-636159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-aran-islands","tag-coast-guard","tag-hospital","tag-ie","tag-inis-mor","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-rescue","tag-rnli","tag-wormhole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}