Great Blasket Island
An Blascaod Mór
52°06′N 10°32′W
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 Irish speakers until the island was evacuated in 1953 when living there became unsustainable.
Terrain
52°06′N 10°32′W
Overview
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 Irish speakers until the island was evacuated in 1953 when living there became unsustainable.
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Nearest islands
- Inishtooskert4.9 km
- Inis na Bró6.0 km
- Inishvickillane7.2 km
- Tearaght Island8.2 km
Also in Blasket Islands
Inishtooskert
0.97 km²▲ 226 m
Major islands
Inishvickillane
0.81 km²▲ 132 m
Major islands
Inis na Bró
0.49 km²▲ 229 m
Minor islands
Tearaght Island
0.23 km²▲ 254 m
Minor islands
Photographs
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The Blasket Islands off the Kerry coast
The settlement on the east side of Great Blasket Island, photographed from Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula.
From the summit of Great Blasket Island, looking south-west
Croaghmore, the summit of Great Blasket Island
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Scale model in Blasket Heritage Centre, Dunquin, County Kerry, Ireland of Village Great Blasket Island.
The Blasket Islands
Great Blasket Island
Great Blasket Island viewed from above Dunquin Ballyickeen harbour
Looking down the cliff, Great Blasket
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Great Blasket Island (51371094192). Maciej Brencz / CC BY 2.0
- The Blasket Islands off the Kerry coast - geograph.org.uk - 5876705. Peter Evans / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Blasket2. Unknown author / CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Dingle-Great-Blasket-Village-2012. Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / CC BY-SA 3.0
- From the summit of Great Blasket Island, looking south-west - geograph.org.uk - 7290938. Michael Earnshaw / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Croaghmore, the summit of Great Blasket Island - geograph.org.uk - 7290921. Michael Earnshaw / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Great Blasket Island (51371094982). Maciej Brencz / CC BY 2.0
- Village Great Blasket. Erik Christensen / CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Blasket Islands - geograph.org.uk - 5322274. Malcolm Neal / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Great Blasket Island - geograph.org.uk - 8193351. David Purchase / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Great Blasket Island viewed from above Dunquin Ballyickeen harbour - geograph.org.uk - 5872059. Peter Evans / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Looking down the cliff, Great Blasket - geograph.org.uk - 1986225. Eileen Henderson / CC BY-SA 2.0