Location map of the Blasket Islands

The Blasket Islands (Na Blascaoidí in Irish - etymology uncertain: it may come from the Norse word "brasker", meaning "a dangerous place") are a group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry. They were inhabited until 1953 by a completely Irish-speaking population. The inhabitants were evacuated to the mainland on 17 November 1953.^[1] Many of the descendants currently live in Springfield, Massachusetts and some former residents still live on the Dingle peninsula, within sight of their former home. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (908x1159, 106 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Blasket Islands ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (908x1159, 106 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Blasket Islands ... Old Norse is the Germanic language spoken by the inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300. ... For other uses, see Coast (disambiguation). ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Tralee Code: KY Area: 4,746 km² Population (2006) 139,616 Website: www. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Nickname: Location in Hampden County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Hampden Settled 1636 Incorporated 1852 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Charles Ryan (D) Area  - Total 33. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference Q445012 Statistics Province: Munster County: Population (2006) 1,920  John Street, Dingle Dingle (Irish: or ) is a town in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic coast some 50 km west-south-west of Tralee and 80 km west-north...

The islanders were the subject of much anthropological and linguistic study around the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries and, thanks partly to outside encouragement, a number of books were written by islanders that record much of the islands' traditions and way of life. These include An tOileánach (The Islandman) by Tomás Ó Criomhthain, Peig by Peig Sayers and Fiche Blian ag Fás (Twenty Years A-Growing) by Muiris Ó Súilleabháin. Tomás Ó Criomhthain (Thomas O’Crohan) (1856-1937) was a native of the Irish-speaking Great Blasket Island two miles off the coast of Kerry in Ireland. ... Peig Sayers (1873 - 1958) was an Irish author. ... The ruins of the house in which Muiris Ó Súilleabháin grew up on the Great Blasket Island. ...

The Blasket Islands have been called Next Parish America, a term popular in the United States.^[1]

The six principal islands of the Blaskets are:

• Great Blasket Island (An Blascaod Mór)
• Beginish (Beiginis)
• Inishnabro (Inis na Bró)
• Inishvickillane (Inis Mhic Uileáin)
• Inishtooskert (Inis Tuaisceart)
• Tearaght Island (An Tiaracht)

Panorama of the Blasket Islands against the afternoon sun

Abandoned houses on Great Blasket Island The western part of Great Blasket Great Blasket (An Blascaod Mór in Irish) is the principal island of the Blaskets, County Kerry, Ireland. ... Beginish (Beiginis in Irish) is one of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland. ... Inishnabro (Inis na Bró in Irish) is one of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland. ... Inishvickillane (also spelt Inishvickillaun, Inishvickillaune, etc - Inis Mhic Aoibhleáin in Irish) is one of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland. ... Inishtooskert (Inis Tuaisceart in Irish) is the northernmost of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland. ... Tearaght Island is an uninhabited island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2000x396, 457 KB) Panoramic of Blasket Islands File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Blasket Islands Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2000x396, 457 KB) Panoramic of Blasket Islands File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Blasket Islands Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera...

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} Stagles, Joan and Ray, The Blasket Islands: Next Parish America. Dublin: O'Brien Press, 1980 (new edn. 1998).

Coordinates: 52°05′21″N, 10°32′49″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...