It is the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.

[1][2] The Irish name Ros an Mhíl means "peninsula (or wood) of the whale (or sea monster)".

[4][5] The village is the home of the Ros a' Mhíl centre under Coláiste Chamuis, an Irish language immersion summer camp for teenagers.

[citation needed] As of the 2011 census, there were 208 people living in Ros an Mhíl townland, with 73% of these speaking Irish daily.

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