placenamesGreat Blasket Island
An Blascaod Mór
Great Blasket Island is a townland in Kerry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationGreat Blasket Island52.09191° N · 10.54233° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Blascaod Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Great Blasket Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Civil parish
- Dunquin
- Coordinates
- 52.09191, -10.54233
- Mapped area
- 4.54 km²
- Logainm ID
- 22578 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Great Blasket Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.