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The Blasket Islands seen from Dunmore Head, County Kerry

Blasket Islands The Blasket Islands are a group of six uninhabited islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry. The name of the islands is of uncertain origin: it might be from the Old Norse word brasker meaning "a dangerous place". The islands were inhabited, and Irish-speaking, untl 1953, when the whole population was evacuated as an unsustainable community. (Read more)