The Blasket Islands Tide Clock

The Blasket Islands Tide Clock.

The Blasket Islands (Irish: Na Blascaodaí) 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 gifted Irish language writers who vividly described their way of life and who kept alive old Irish folk tales of the land.

The islands were inhabited until 1954 by a completely Irish-speaking population and today are part of the Gaeltacht. At its peak, the islands had 175 residents. The population declined to 22 by 1953. The government evacuated most of the remaining residents to the mainland on 17 November 1953 because of increasingly extreme winter weather that left the island’s ageing population cut off from emergency services

The print shows  the features along the coast.The chart shows all the points from Inishvickillane  and Inishnabro in the south to Sybil Point in the north.Also shown are Tearaght Island,The great Blasket, Inishtooskert and Beginish.

A tide clock allows you to see the state of the tide for a given location at a glance.The hand shows the current stage of the tidal cycle  (high tide, low tide or on the way in or out). The tide clock face is simple to read and setting the hand can be done in a matter of minutes.Never leave the house again without knowing the state of your local tide!

• Heavy duty professionally printed canvas.
• Solid-Wood frame.Select from either black or white.
  
• Size is 250 mm x 250 mm  and 45mm deep.
• Shows features along the coast.

The clock ships with full instructions on how to set and how to read a tide clock.

This is not a navigation device.