Blasket Islands

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Contents 1 Blasket Islands - Cruising Guide 1.1 Great Blasket 1.2 Smaller Islands 2 Charts 2.1 Special Navigation Notes 2.1.1 Blasket Sound 3 Radio Nets 4 Weather 5 Approach and Navigation 6 Check-in facilities 7 Anchorages 7.1 Great Blasket 8 Tourism and Things to do Ashore 8.1 Tourism 8.2 Grocery & Supply Stores 8.3 Eateries 8.4 Transportation 9 Cruiser's Friends 10 Forum Discussions 11 External Links 12 References & Publications 13 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 13.1 Personal Notes 14 Cruising Wiki Navigation

Blasket Islands - Cruising Guide

An online cruising guide for yachts sailing to:-

Great Blasket

Great Blasket Island is the largest of a remote group of rugged and isolated islands off the coast of mainland County Kerry. It is famous as the home of a group of writers, who produced some classic pieces of literature in the 1920s and 1930s, written in the Irish language and expressive of a distinctly Irish outlook on life.

Perhaps the most famous was Tomas O’Crimhthain, author of An Oilcanach, or The Islandman, a story depicting the extremely difficult life of the island people. O’Crimhthain and the other writers learned to speak and write in the original Irish languages, and their aim was to preserve the numerous oral folk tales of the region in writing. They elevated language to a higher art form that transcendded the poverty and difficulties experienced while living on Great Blasket. At its most highly populated, Great Blasket Island was occupied by about 150-200 people. Young people emigrated at a consistent rate over the years, and there were only 22 people living on the island when it was finally abandoned in 1953. Today, visitors reach the island by ferry. It is considered the westernmost point of the continent of Europe, and scientists believe that at one point in time, millions of years ago, the island was actually attached to the mainland.

Smaller Islands

• Beginish
• Inishnabro
• Inishvickillane
• Inishtooskert
• Tearagh

Island description, etc.

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All other Irish Islands listed on main Ireland page Offshore Islands

Charts

GPS:	52°06.6′N, 10°29.8′W
Google	Map
Gallery:	Panoramio Photos
Chartlet:	Nautical

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Special Navigation Notes

Blasket Sound

In a storm the Blasket Sound can be an awesome place, several vessels from the Spanish Armada were wrecked nearby, however if the weather is fair and the tide is right you just need careful pilotage to pass through safely.

Another great shot of the sound awaiting © permission to download

Radio Nets

Also see Cruiser's Nets

Weather

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Approach and Navigation

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Check-in facilities

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Anchorages

List details of all safe anchorages in the area.

Great Blasket

TraBan (White/Silver beach) - East beach on Great Blasket provides some shelter from West and South West.

Tourism and Things to do Ashore

Tourism

List places of interest, tours, etc.

Grocery & Supply Stores

Eateries

• Cafe on Great Blasket

Transportation

Transportation (local and/or international)

Cruiser's Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forum Discussions

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External Links

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References & Publications

Publications, Guides, etc.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• --Summercruise 15:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Personal Notes

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