num_pages: 160
description: The Western Island tells the history of the Great Blasket, of the frugality and adversities of life on the island, its folktales (including stories of ghosts and fairies), and also recounts the dramatic day in the Great Blasket's history when the flying galleons of the Spanish Aramada weredestroyed on its coast.
language: English
title: The Western Island, or the Great Blasket
titlecomplete: The Western Island, or the Great Blasket (Oxford Paperbacks)
genres: Ireland, Irish Literature
ratings_count: 50
places: An Blascaod Mór, Great Blasket
publisher: Oxford University Press