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Blasket, Blasquet, or Ferriter Islands, a cluster of rocky islets, W. co. Kerry, 12 miles W. of Dingle; they abound with sea-fowl. Blasket, Great, the largest, has an area of 1020 ac., pop. 136.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "a cluster of rocky islets" (ADL Feature Type: "archipelagos") |
| Administrative units: | Kerry County |
| Place names: | BLASKET | BLASKET BLASQNET OR FERRITER ISLANDS | BLASQNET | FERRITER ISLANDS |
| Place: | Blasquet Islands |
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