Blasket Sound
Blasket Sound is a sound in County Kerry, Munster. Blasket Sound is situated nearby to the locality Garraun Point, as well as near Dunmore Head.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Point and Great Blasket Island.
Castle Point
Archaeological site
Rinn an Chaisleáin or Castle Point is a National Monument on Great Blasket Island, Ireland.
Great Blasket Island
Island
CIIC 178 (Ogham Stone Concept by RAS Macalister)
Historic site
CIIC 178 (Ogham Stone Concept by RAS Macalister) is a historic site.
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 evacuated in 1953 when living there became unsustainable.
Dunmore Head
Locality
Dunquin
Village
Dún Chaoin, unofficially anglicised as Dunquin, is a Gaeltacht village in the west of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Dunquin lies at the most westerly tip of the Dingle Peninsula, overlooking the Blasket Islands. Dunquin is situated 4 km northeast of Blasket Sound.
Blasket Sound
- Type: Sound
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.10833° or 52° 6′ 30″ north
Longitude
-10.49694° or 10° 29′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C4F4G53+86
GeoNames ID
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beginish and Young Island.
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