Blasket

• The Blaskets consists of seven islands – Great Blasket Island ( Blascaod Mór ); Inishvickillaun ( “Dálaighs” or “ Charlies ” island); Inish na Bró; Tiaracht (Western island ); Inish Tuaisceart ( Northern island, The Dead Man, The Sleeping Giant ); Beginish (Small Island ); Oileán na n-Óg (Island of the Young – sometimes called the Sí, or faeries)
• The Great Blasket Island being the largest of the Blasket archipelago.
• The Blasket island was inhabited until 1953.
• At its peak the island have roughly 180 residence.
• The Blasket is renowned for its storytellers including Peig Sayers and Thomas O’Criomhthain.