Category Archives: Blaskets

Port na bPúcaí

The Blasket islands as seen from the road above Dunquin This is the story of the Faeirie’s Lament. Up late with the dying fire, the woman asleep, the wind fussing around, above and beyond, at first he does not notice the sound. Warm in the stone home, high on the back of the southern Inis.ContinueContinue reading “Port na bPúcaí”

Hear how a young man’s death broke the heart of an Irish island community, on the Great Blasket 70 years ago

Seventy years ago, a young man known as Seánín died on the Great Blasket, a remote island at the tip of the Dingle peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. He was one of the few remaining strong, youthful men in an island community that had once been strong and vibrant and famous for its oral, storytellingContinueContinue reading “Hear how a young man’s death broke the heart of an Irish island community, on the Great Blasket 70 years ago”

The Last Islandman

“I don’t know if I will be able to make it,” says Mike Carney, looking out across a wild stretch of water to the place where he was born 92 years ago. “I would like to put my feet down there one more time, but I wonder, is it possible?” Frankly, it seems crazy to try.ContinueContinue reading “The Last Islandman”