Beaver Island

Arranmore is twinned with Beaver Island, Canada since October 2000. The initial connection came about when Charlie O'Donnell, his wife and their three young children emigrated to Beaver Island after being evicted from their Arranmore home in 1851. Charlie O'Donnell worked there on the construction of a new lighthouse. A number of Arranmore familes soon followed and by 1880 there were 128 Gallaghers, 114 O'Donnells and many Boyles and Wards living on Beaver.

Today Beaver has 200 inhabitants which, despite being four times larger than Arranmore, is one third of Arranmore's population.

The Beaver Island memorial constructed on Arranmore to commemorate the islands' joint history. The set of statues consist of a beaver (representing Beaver Island) and otter (representing Arranmore Island) and a fish representing the links between the two.