The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
A few miles off the Dingle Peninsula lie the Blasket Islands. People eked out a living on these rocky outcroppings until the 1950s, when dwindling population led to the islands' being abandoned. Today, they're used by shepherds to graze to sheep and visited by day-trippers and a few campers.
The rocky shore of Dunquin on the mainland, where we got a boat to the Blaskets
Approaching Great Blasket Island, where some of the abandoned houses are still in good shape
Looking past the cliffs to Great Blasket's only beach
Ruins of the village on Great Blasket
A sheep shearer is living in one of the few restored cottages on the island
Only a thin layer of soil covers the rocks
One of the smaller Blasket Islands, too rocky for habitation
This formation is called Cathedral Rocks