Kirrin Island

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The Real 'Kirrin Island' Kirrin Island - Cleverly disguised by Enid Blyton was in fact based around Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean. When Enid learnt the Eastern Polynesian language Rapa Nui language spo en on the island of Easter Island via an !rthur "ee correspondence course aged # she always new it would co$e in handy one day% &ecades later Enid and her fa$ily too the bold decision to tre bare foot fro$ her ho$e 'reen (edges in Buc ingha$shire to the $agical Easter Island% It has been widely ac nowledged by Blyton e)perts that Enid undertoo this $a$$oth *ourney in appreciation for her direct Polynesian descent and also to visibly refute any clai$s of 'ypsy lineage that were starting to $uddy the genealogical waters% +sing a co$pass that her daughter I$ogen had received free in a pac et of Corn ,la es the intrepid Blyton set off on a course $ar ed -W on the Kellogs Co$pass% It too the fa$ily roughly .. $onths to arrive at their destination%!long the way Enid stored up $any ideas for future boo s% It was on this bare foot *ourney she $et the friendly fla$e haired Baronian people whose leader Prince Paul begged to be included in a boo or adventure series by the fa$ous author%

!lso supportive were the fa$ous aviators Captain / "rs !rnold whose i$$aculate plane0the White -wallow was indly used to deliver do$estic essentials to the barefoot Blytons such as -pa$01ypewriter ribbons and coal tar soap to trade with the natives% +pon reaching Easter Island Enid was recognised i$$ediately by the ari i0 or high chief0 and the other nine clans and their respective chiefs and ta en to a statue to which she showed a $ost re$ar able rese$blance%

2Not too re$ar able since the $oai statue was indeed one of her direct forbears%3 !s an acco$plished author0Enid i$$ediately saw the potential to include Easter Island 2albeit heavily disguised3 in a nu$ber of her fa$ous wor s% 1o create her fa$ous Kirrin Island she cleverly altered so$e features that would identify it as Easter Island to the casual reader% Re$oved fro$ Kirrin island were volcanoes0cannibalis$0tribal warfare0deforestation and -un Worship% In their place were installed Kirrin Castle0dungeons and a naturally for$ed coastal cave% 1he si4e of the Islands was also heavily disguised the 56 $ile round Easter Island being reduced cleverly to Kirrin7s stroll friendly . $ile circu$ference-ideal for children to e)plore0not too big nor too s$all%%% 1he *ourney bac to Buc ingha$shire was also used e)tensively by Enid for inspiration%1wo loyal porters0"afu$u / 8ola acco$panied the Blytons loyally all the way bac to 'reen (edges where they beca$e the fa$ily7s loyal 7$en7 and protectors% 1hey too found fa$e by $a ing their way into the boo s% Erroneous clai$s have surfaced0as they always do0that so$ehow Kirrin Island was based on an Island in -cotland0or even perish the thought in the &orset area%%% 1hese sites and sites li e the$ show the $ass confusion on this topic%%% http9::www%librarything%co$:topic:5#;6#

In Conclusion ,urther to the publication of one of her letters 25<;=3 it see$s the inspiration $ay have ca$e fro$ >Rapa Nui>-Easter Island one of the $ost re$ote inhabited islands in the world%21he nearest inhabited land 26? residents3 is Pitcairn Island 3which she visited on her .. $onth bare foot tre % It has to be said that she has disguised her descriptions re$ar ably well%%% In 5<.5% In part of the letter she wrote92re 7Kirrin Island73 %%%%%It was an island I once visited bare foot with $y fa$ily when I was in the south-eastern Pacific 8cean%Chile lay off its coast and could only be reached either by boat or cata$aran% It had a vibrant history and I longed to put the island and its history 2heavily disguised of course@3into a boo % -o I did0 as you now@%%%%% postscipt With the publication of his new boo A 'My new unique theories on all sorts of things' the fa$ous author on Enid Blyton7s hitherto un nown life0 -tefan Easybuyeerie said% 71here can be no doubts in $y $ind-or indeed yours that Enid will eventually be recognised as the $ost i$portant and influential author fro$ an international and Polynesian perspective there has ever be