The Blasket Islands are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The last island to hold a significant population, Great Blasket Island, was abandoned in 1954 due to population decline and is best known for a number of Irish language writers who vividly described their way of life and who kept alive old Irish folk tales of the land.
Blasket Islands as seen from the lower slopes of Mount Eagle
Replica of a traditional Blasket cottage in Dunquin
Great Blasket
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The Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. It ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland.
Dunmore Head, the westernmost point on the Dingle Peninsula
NASA satellite image of the Dingle Peninsula
The Ranga, here pictured in 1986
A panoramic view of the western end of the Dingle Peninsula.