Great Blasket Island
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 abandoned in 1954 when living there became unsustainable.
Native name: An Blascaod Mór | |
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Great Blasket Island | |
Great Blasket | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 52°05′33″N 10°32′33″W |
| Archipelago | Blasket Islands |
| Major islands | Great Blasket Island, Beginish, Inishnabro, Inishvickillane, Inishtooskert, Tearaght Island |
| Area | 1,124 acres (455 ha) |
| Highest elevation | 346 m (1135 ft) |
| Highest point | An Cró Mór |
| Administration | |
Ireland | |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Kerry |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2016) |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Additional information | |
| inhabited until 1954 | |
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