What is recorded here
Tomas O'Crohan is a birthplace in Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland. Perhaps the writer absorbed salt and storm before holding a pen. Maybe his sentences still carry the rhythm of Atlantic waves. Imagine a child learning language through wind and rock rather than books.
Why this person is known: Irish writer
- Birthplace
- Blasket Islands
Places near here
An Blascaod MórIsland · 375 yd
An Mullach RamharMountain / peak · 419 yd
Cliff-edge fort in An Blascaod MórCliff-edge fort · 783 yd
An Cró MórMountain / peak · 996 yd
Megalithic structure in An Blascaod MórMegalithic structure · 1310 yd
Tigh Peig Sayers [Peig Sayers's House]house · 1.8 mi
Tigh Muirs Ó Suilleabháin [Maurice O'Sullivan's House]house · 1.8 mi
Oileán na nÓgIslet · 2.8 mi
An Dún MórHeadland · 3.2 mi
Dunmore HeadViewpoint · 3.2 mi
Inis TuaisceartIsland · 3.2 mi
Mionnán an DúnaHeadland · 3.5 miOther information
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