The Great Blasket is coated on top with a covering of furze, whins and heather, with peat (or bog or turf) beneath much of it. Robin Flower has suggested that it originates from the Norse word 'brasker', meaning 'a dangerous place.' FLORA & FAUNA / Míolra agus Fásra Blascaod/Blasket has all the characteristics and resonances of a foreign borrowing. In the 14th and 15th Centuries the names 'brasch', 'brascher' and 'blaset' are recorded on contemporary Italian maps in 1589 a variant form of these names, 'Blasket Isles', appears for the first time.

No one knows when or who first gave it that name. He was hanged at Cnocán na gCaorach in Killarney in 1653, after he and his followers were defeated at Ross Castle nearby. The last of the Ferriters to control the Blaskets was the poet and rebel chieftain, Captain Piaras Feirtéar. The same school was closed down in 1852 after the ravages of the Great Famine. There are no physical remains of that castle because the stones were carried off to build the Protestant soup-school in 1840. They retained a castle there, at Rinn an Chaisleáin (Castle Point) in the lower village. From the end of the 13th Century the Ferriter family leased the Islands from the Earls of Desmond, and from Sir Richard Boyle after the dispossession of the Desmond Geraldines at the end of the 16th Century. In the past the whole group of Islands was referred to as Ferriter's Islands.

The Blasket Islanders themselves referred to the other Islands as the Lesser Blaskets. Locally, the Great Blasket was called simply the Island, or more formally, the Western (or Great) Island. Even the most casual of observers will notice that the Islands and mainland were once one, perhaps a few million years ago the experts confirm this impression. The Blaskets are and have always been an intrinsic part of the parish of Dún Chaoin. He was known for his work in Irish lexicography and his poetry and novels won him several awards, including the Oireachtas prize in 1982 for his novel 'Ó Thuaidh!' The copyright is held by the Government of Ireland and the material is used with the permission of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir / The Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin, Co. may also be known as or be related to CardWorks, CardWorks Inc and CardWorks, Inc.This article and its accompanying photographs are taken from the booklet 'Na Blascaodaí / The Blaskets', written by Pádraig Ua Maoileoin, who was born in Dunquin in 1913 and died in 2002. and its employees or that of Zippia.ĬardWorks, Inc. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of CardWorks, Inc. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by CardWorks, Inc. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at CardWorks, Inc. Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of CardWorks, Inc., including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about CardWorks, Inc.

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