Ireland, County Kerry
Great Blasket evacuated island village
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: fishing weights and household fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
18th century to 1953 Irish-speaking fishing village
Irish-speaking fishing community of about 150 people in the 1840s living in cottages on the sheltered northeast shore. The state evacuated the dwindling population in 1953 after storms cut it off from help.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
sea crossing, cliffs, weather
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