The Cathedral Rocks on the island's northern coast
Inishnabro is separated from Inishvickillane by a narrow sound (about 200 metres), and rises to 229 metres, and has an area of 49.15 hectares.[1]
Spaceport proposaledit
In 1973, an American scientist, Gary Hudson, approached the Industrial Development Authority and then the Irish Consul General in Chicago, Sean Farrell, to propose using Inishnabro as the launching site for a new commercial space shuttle. Hudson said he represented a group including British astronomer Fred Hoyle, an American astronaut who had walked on the Moon, and others. In a memorandum to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, Farrell wrote that his initial reaction was "one bordering on disbelief" but then concluded that Hudson was "genuine enough". Department officials, however, concluded that "Whatever his objective may be it is apparent that the scheme he propounded to Mr Farrell in Chicago belongs mainly to the realms of science fiction" and that it could be "a gigantic leg-pull". The proposal only became public in 2004 when Irish state papers from the period were released under the thirty-year rule.[2][3][4][5]
inishnabro, irish, inis, bró, meaning, island, quern, bottom, grind, stone, blasket, islands, county, kerry, ireland, native, name, inis, bró, with, tearaght, island, behindgeographycoordinates52, 05786, 60913, 05786, 60913archipelagoblasket, islandsarea121, a. Inishnabro Irish Inis na Bro meaning island of the quern bottom grind stone is one of the Blasket Islands of County Kerry in Ireland InishnabroNative name Inis na BroInishnabro with Tearaght Island behindInishnabroGeographyCoordinates52 03 28 N 10 36 33 W 52 05786 N 10 60913 W 52 05786 10 60913ArchipelagoBlasket IslandsArea121 acres 49 ha Highest elevation229 m 751 ft AdministrationIrelandCountyKerryDemographicsPopulation0 2016 Contents 1 Geography 2 Spaceport proposal 3 External links 4 ReferencesGeography edit nbsp The Cathedral Rocks on the island s northern coast Inishnabro is separated from Inishvickillane by a narrow sound about 200 metres and rises to 229 metres and has an area of 49 15 hectares 1 Spaceport proposal editIn 1973 an American scientist Gary Hudson approached the Industrial Development Authority and then the Irish Consul General in Chicago Sean Farrell to propose using Inishnabro as the launching site for a new commercial space shuttle Hudson said he represented a group including British astronomer Fred Hoyle an American astronaut who had walked on the Moon and others In a memorandum to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Farrell wrote that his initial reaction was one bordering on disbelief but then concluded that Hudson was genuine enough Department officials however concluded that Whatever his objective may be it is apparent that the scheme he propounded to Mr Farrell in Chicago belongs mainly to the realms of science fiction and that it could be a gigantic leg pull The proposal only became public in 2004 when Irish state papers from the period were released under the thirty year rule 2 3 4 5 External links editHiking on Inishbro Irish Times articleReferences edit Townlands ie Inishnabro Winn Christopher 2011 I Never Knew That About the Irish New York St Martin s Press p 179 ISBN 978 0 312 66164 9 Sheehy Clodagh 1 January 2004 Blaskets targeted to be the next Cape Canaveral Irish Independent Retrieved 21 May 2023 O Toole Fintan 6 January 2004 Perhaps the aliens are here The Irish Times Retrieved 21 May 2023 O Toole Fintan 2023 We Don t Know Ourselves A Personal History of Modern Ireland New York Liveright Publishing Corporation p 5 ISBN 978 1 324 09287 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inishnabro amp oldid 1171420519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
