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At Dún Caoin pier on the mainland
Naomhógs (currachs) at Dún Caoin pier.
A ferry boat and rubber landing boat in tow at Dún Caoin.
Disembarking at Dún Caoin for the steep walk up the ramp to the car park. The walkway is too narrow for vehicles.
L to R - inishvickillaun, Inishnabro, Great Blasket, Inis Tuaisceart (An Fear Marbh)
Rubber boats are used to ferry visitors to and from the ferry.
Visitors on their way ashore at Great Blacket.
The landing place on Great Blasket - the landing places on the other Blasket islands are more difficult - see photos below.
The concrete layers of the walkway and the pier at Dún Caoin.
Looking west along the pathway along the north side of the ridge on Great Blasket.
An Cró at 292M the highest point on the Great Blasket.
Part of the path along the ridge of the Great Blasket.
The top house was the school.
Spinning wool on Great Blasket as, in the background, visitors climb up from the boat landing.
Water on tap - fresh water is not plenifully available on Great Blasket.
Peig Sayers' house.
The interior of Peig Sayers' house.
If bottled gas and outboard motors had been available a few decades earlier the island might not have been abondeoned.

L to R - The Great Blasket and an tIarracht, Beginish is in the foreground to the right of Great Blasket


Beginish looking towards the Great Blasket
Beginish seen from the Great Blasket
On Beginish looking towards the mainland
Inishvickillane and Inishnabro seen from the mainland with part of the Great Blasket on the right.
Landing place on Inishnabro.
Inishnabro - A family once lived in this ruin - note an TIaracht in the background
Inishvickillane (left) and Inishnabro (right) seen from the Great Blasket
The landing place on Inishvickillane

L to R - inishvickillaun, Inishnabro, Great Blasket, Inis Tuaisceart (An Fear Marbh)


Inishvickillane - Note the 'pub'
This clochán was built in the late 19th centery as a shed.
Inistuaisceart - Landing place
The north side of Inis Tuaisceart
Seen from Dún Caoin - Inis Tuaisceart often called An Fear Marbh (The Dead Man)
At the landing place on Great Blasket waiting to be ferried to the ferry for the journey back to Dún Caoin.
A rubber boat setting off from the landing place on Great Blasket for the trip to the ferry.