Great Blasket Island

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Great Blasket

Native name: An Blascaod Mór
Great Blasket Island
Great Blasket
Geography
Location	Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	52°05′33″N 10°32′33″W / 52.09250°N 10.54250°W / 52.09250; -10.54250
Archipelago	Blasket Islands
Major islands	Great Blasket Island, Beginish, Inishnabro, Inishvickillane, Inishtooskert, Tearaght Island
Area	1,124 acres (455 ha)[1]
Highest elevation	346 m (1135 ft)
Highest point	An Cró Mór
Administration
Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Kerry
Demographics
Population	0 (2016)
Pop. density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Additional information
inhabited until 1954

The Great Blasket (Irish: An Blascaod Mór) is the principal island of the Blaskets, County Kerry, Ireland. It was home to a small fishing community of Irish speakers until the island was abandoned in 1954 when living there became unsustainable.