Restoration of home of Blasket writer set to begin

The restoration of the ruined home of the late Blasket Island writer, Tomas Ó Criomhthain, is expected to start soon.

Restoration of home of Blasket writer set to begin

The works follow the allocation of a €45,000 grant by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

A decision by Kerry County Council on a planning application is due in early August. Only the ruins’ four walls remain. The plan is to recreate the structure as it looked in the 1920s /30s when the island’s literary output was at its peak.

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