Great Blasket Island

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history. The Blasket Islands, a rugged six-island archipelago off the Dingle Peninsula – the western-most tip of Ireland – seem particularly close to the Irish soul. It was home to three of the most loved and revered writers in the Irish language, Peig Sayers, Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, and Tomás Ó Criomhthain.