An Blascaod Mór/Great Blasket Island

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Hierarchy

townland, island or archipelago

An Blascaod Mór

genitive: an Bhlascaoid Mhóir

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Great Blasket Island

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

mór

English great, big

Hierarchy

county

Ciarraí/Kerry

barony

Corca Dhuibhne/Corkaguiny

civil parish

Dún Chaoin/Dunquin

Explanatory note

English

Known as ‘The Great Blasket Island’ in English, it is also called An tOileán Mór ‘the big island’ and An tOileán Tiar ‘the western island’, in Irish. The etymology of blascaod is uncertain.

Centrepoint

52.0919, -10.5423latitude, longitude

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Properties

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Archival records

Historical references

1598	Blaskey	Clancarthy Surv. Leathanach: Lsc. barúntachtaí The Clancarthy Survey from Carew MS 625 Bliain: 1598
1644	fferettersIland Pierce fferretter	Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 124v Teistíochtaí/Depositions 1641 Nóta: Cóipeanna ar mhicreascannáin de chuid na hoifige seo go hiondúil; féach leis http://1641.tcd.ie/ , Bliain: 1642–1652
1841	Blasquett Island	Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Cess Collector, fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Bliain: c1840
1841	Blasket Island	Inhabs.:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Inhabitants in AL: Fianaise a bailíodh ó mhuintir na háite Bliain: 1830-42
1841	Great Blasket Island "The Blasques probably from 'Blaosc' or Blaosg' in Irish, a scale or shell being supposed to have been scaled off the continent of Ireland - these islands are 12 in number, but 4 of them are only rocks." [Smith's History of Kerry 1756]	OD:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1841	Great Blasket Island & Islands	BS:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1841	Great Blasquet Island	TAB:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1841	The Great Blasket	BM:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40
1841	Great Blasket	Larkin (Ci):AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Larkin's County Map (Ciarraí / Kerry), foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1841	Blaskes alias Ferreter's Iland	Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1841	Oilean mor, 'great island' "Called 'Oileán mor,' by the natives." [Nóta OD]	OD:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1841	Oilean mor, 'by the people'	pl:AL Leathanach: Ci042,19 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1841	Blasket or Ferriter's Islands	Smith Hist. Kerry:AL Smith Hist. Kerry, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1945	oːn iˈl′aːn muːr	Oral Lit. Leathanach: 33 Wagner, H., Mac Congáil, N. Oral literature from Dunquin, County Kerry: Gaelic texts with phonetic transcription, English summaries and folkloristic notes.
1945	ɛr niˈl′aːn muːr	Oral Lit. Leathanach: 37 Wagner, H., Mac Congáil, N. Oral literature from Dunquin, County Kerry: Gaelic texts with phonetic transcription, English summaries and folkloristic notes.
1945	insn iˈl′aːn	Oral Lit. Leathanach: 325 Wagner, H., Mac Congáil, N. Oral literature from Dunquin, County Kerry: Gaelic texts with phonetic transcription, English summaries and folkloristic notes.
1945	oːn iˈl′aːn t′iar	Oral Lit. Leathanach: 325 Wagner, H., Mac Congáil, N. Oral literature from Dunquin, County Kerry: Gaelic texts with phonetic transcription, English summaries and folkloristic notes.
1971	nəblɑˈsgeːdiːˈmuərə	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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