Blasket Islands
The Blasket Islands are an archipelago off the Dingle peninsula of County Kerry. They've had no permanent residents since they were evacuated in 1953, but in summer Great Blasket the largest island has a couple of rangers-cum-caretakers, self-catering cottages, and camping is permitted.Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inishtearaght and Inishtearaght Lighthouse.
Inishtearaght
Islet
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Tearaght Island or Inishtearaght is an uninhabited steep rocky island west of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.
Inishvickillane
Island
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Inishvickillane or Inishvickillaun is one of the Blasket Islands of County Kerry, Ireland.
Blasket Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: Irish Islandgroup
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Blasket Islands” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Blasket Islands”
- Basque: “Blasket uharteak”
- Breton: “Blascaodaí”
- Breton: “Blasket Islands”
- Breton: “Blasket”
- Breton: “Inizi Blasket”
- Breton: “Na Blascaodaí”
- Catalan: “illes Blasket”
- Catalan: “Illes Blasket”
- Cebuano: “Blasket Islands”
- Chinese: “布拉斯凱特群島”
- Danish: “Blasket Islands”
- Dutch: “Blasket Islands”
- Dutch: “Blasket-eilanden”
- Estonian: “Blasketi saared”
- French: “Iles Blasket”
- French: “îles Blasket”
- French: “Îles Blasket”
- Galician: “Illas Blasket”
- Galician: “Na Blascaodaí”
- German: “Blasket Islands”
- German: “Blasket-Inseln”
- German: “Blaskets”
- Irish: “Blascaodaí”
- Irish: “Na Blascaodaí”
- Irish: “Na Blascaoidí”
- Italian: “Blaskets”
- Italian: “Isole Blasket”
- Japanese: “ブラスケット諸島”
- Lithuanian: “Blasketo salos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blasket Islands”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blasketøyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Na Blascaoidí”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blasketøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Na Blascaoidí”
- Norwegian: “Blasketøyene”
- Polish: “Blasket Islands”
- Polish: “Blaskets”
- Polish: “Wyspy Blasket”
- Portuguese: “Blasket Islands”
- Portuguese: “Blaskets Islands”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Blasket”
- Russian: “Архипелаг Бласкет”
- Russian: “Бласкет”
- Russian: “Острова Бласкет”
- Scots: “Blasket Islands”
- Spanish: “Islas Blasket”
- Swedish: “Blasket Islands”
- Swedish: “Blasketöarna”
- Turkish: “Blasket Adaları”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Blasket”
- Western Frisian: “Blasketeilannen”
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