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The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.

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Blasket Islands

Uninhabited islands off the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland

The Blasket Islands are an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The last island to hold a significant population, Great Blasket Island, was abandoned in 1954 due to population decline and is best known for a number of…
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County Kerry

County in Ireland

County Kerry is a county on the southwest coast of Ireland, within the province of Munster and the Southern Region. It is bordered by two other counties; Limerick to the east, and Cork to the south and east. It is separated from Clare to the north by the Shannon Estuary. With an…
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