Great Blasket Island
The Great Blasket 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 abandoned in 1953 when living there became unsustainable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Point.
Castle Point
Archaeological site
Rinn an Chaisleáin or Castle Point is a National Monument on Great Blasket Island, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garraun Point and Dunmore Head.
Garraun Point
Locality
The Great Blasket 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 abandoned in 1953 when living there became unsustainable.
Dunmore Head
Locality
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunmore Head is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corca Dhuibhne in southwest County Kerry, Ireland.
Great Blasket Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Ireland
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.09158° or 52° 5′ 30″ northLongitude
-10.54381° or 10° 32′ 38″ westElevation
113 metres (371 feet)Open location code
9C4F3FR4+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 431466936OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2963874Wikidata ID
Q2270329
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Great Blasket Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեծ Բլասկետ”
- Basque: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Breton: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Breton: “Great Blasket”
- Catalan: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Cebuano: “Great Blasket Island”
- Dutch: “Great Blasket Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة بلاسكيت الكبرى”
- French: “An Blascaod Mór”
- French: “Great Blasket Island”
- Galician: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Galician: “Illa de Gran Blasket”
- German: “Große Blasket Insel”
- Irish: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Italian: “Grande Blasket”
- Italian: “Great Blasket”
- Japanese: “グレートブラスケット島”
- Lithuanian: “Didysis Blasketas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Blasket Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Blasket Island”
- Norwegian: “Great Blasket Island”
- Portuguese: “Grande Ilha Blasket”
- Russian: “Большой Бласкет”
- Russian: “Грейт-Бласкет”
- Russian: “остров Грейт-Бласкет”
- Swedish: “An Blascaod Mór”
- Swedish: “Great Blasket Island”
- Welsh: “An Blascaod Mór”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Louger and Bannig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Slievedonagh and Croaghmore.
County Kerry: Must-Visit Destinations
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