Rínn an Chaisleáin

Rínn an Chaisleáin is a small headland on the North Eastern shore of the Great Blasket Island. It is named afterthe reputed site of a stronghold of the local Gaelic-Irish chieftain, rebel and poet, Piaras Feiritéar. The Feirtéar Clan leased the island from the Norman Fitzgeralds during the 13th century and maintained that lease until the aftermath of the second Desmond Rebellion in the late 16t...