Uninhabited islands off the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland
Blasket Islands
Native name:
Na Blascaodaí
Blasket Islands as seen from the lower slopes of Mount Eagle
Location map of the Blasket Islands
Geography
Location
Atlantic Ocean
Major islands
6
Highest elevation
346 m (1135 ft)
Highest point
An Cró Mór
Administration
Ireland
County
Kerry
Demographics
Population
0 (2016)
The Blasket Islands (Irish: Na Blascaodaí) are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The last island to hold a significant population, Great Blasket Island, was abandoned in 1954 due to population decline and is best known for a number of Irish language writers who vividly described their way of life and who kept alive old Irish folk tales of the land.
The BlasketIslands (Irish: Na Blascaodaí) are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The...
The Great Blasket (Irish: An Blascaod Mór) is the principal island of the Blaskets, County Kerry, Ireland. It was home to a small fishing community of...
the village with the main island of the BlasketIslands. There is dramatic cliff scenery, with a view of the BlasketIslands, where Peig Sayers lived....
Astola Island, Pakistan A majority of the Barra Isles, the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The most famous of these is Barra Head. BlasketIslands in County...
longitude 10° 39.7' Tearaght is the westernmost of the BlasketIslands, and thus the westernmost island of Ireland. It is also one of the westernmost points...
Head is a well-known landmark and viewpoint, with a full view of the BlasketIslands. On 11 March 1982, the Spanish container ship, Ranga, was wrecked at...
Aoibhleáin meaning 'Mac Killane's island') is one of the BlasketIslands of County Kerry, Ireland. Referred to by Blasket islanders as "The Inis", Inishvickillane...
in Irish) is the northernmost of the BlasketIslands, County Kerry, Ireland. The Irish name means "northern island" and the English name is a phonetic...
friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein's. He first visited Na Blascaodaí (the BlasketIslands) off the west coast of Ireland in 1923. Mac Tomáis, as he quickly became...
characterised by bays, sea cliffs, beaches and many small offshore islands, of which the Blaskets and the Skelligs are the most notable. The county's peninsulas...
moved to the Great BlasketIsland after her brother arranged for her to marry Pádraig Ó Guithín, a fisherman and native of the island, on 13 February 1892...
memoirs from Corca Dhuibhne and the surrounding islands, and particularly the memoirs of Great BlasketIsland seanchaithe Tomás Ó Criomhthain, novelist Flann...
Irish offshore islands decreased dramatically during the Irish famine and the period following it. Since then the trend on most islands has been a decreasing...
and the Faroe Islands. The BlasketIslands off the Irish coast of County Kerry saw a serious decline due to harvesting. Until the islands were abandoned...
further inland. The nearby Puffin Island is another seabird colony. The Skelligs, along with some of the BlasketIslands, constitute the most westerly part...
peninsula and, to the west, the lofty BlasketIslands, a complex archipelago studded with reefs. Recalde steered to the islands in search of shelter, riding on...
large proportion of the Dingle Peninsula and beyond; for example, the BlasketIslands, Slea Head, Ventry, Dingle Harbour, the Iveragh Peninsula, Skellig...
island') is one of the BlasketIslands of County Kerry, Ireland. It is a low-lying island (14 metres high) with an area of 13.8 hectares in Blasket Sound...
October 2020. "A national treasure speaks about spending his 90th on the BlasketIslands, the death of his brother – and why we need to reach out to elderly...
Keem Strand Derrygimlagh Cliffs of Moher Loop Head Blaskets View Skelligs Viewpoint Dursey Island Mizen Head Old Head of Kinsale Some of the most popular...
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