In Flipzoids, Aran's character immerses her face in the Pacific to revive memories of her seaside birthplace in Ilocos.

CNN: A WANDERING NATION

She would have to scrub and polish floors, work in the laundry and then make rosary beads and knit Aran sweaters.

BBC: Magdalene Laundries: Survivor stories

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, all kitted out in Aran sweaters knitted by Mrs Clancy, triumphantly rode the wave of a folk revival that was turning Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie into stars.

ECONOMIST: Tommy Makem

Once upon a time we could have laughed this fixture off and run sweeps on the number of goals we would rattle past a goalie in a sou' wester and an Aran knit sweater.

BBC: Scotland's lowest ebb

On his first trip overseas as President, during his visit to Istanbul, he met with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Aran Stesyan, Chief Rabbi of Istanbul Isak Haleva, Grand Mufti of Istanbul Mustafa Cagrici and Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Yusuf Cetin.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

With these environmental concerns in mind, Van der Veen and his fellow Dutch captains Andreas Lackner and Jorne Langelaan set about building the Tres Hombres in 2007, using the hull of a former passenger ferry in the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland.

CNN: Are traditional sail boats the future of trade?