A campaign is under way and funding is to be sought for public toilets in the most westerly point in Europe.
The Great Blasket Island, a bare treeless island off the coast of Co Kerry, receives up to 400 visitors a day, and thousands in total during the main season.
It is growing in popularity but it has no public toilet, a meeting in Killorglin, Co Kerry, has been told.
West Kerry councillor Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald who is leading the call for "leithris poiblí" on the once all-Irish speaking island, said on fine days hundreds make the short sea journey from Dunquin and elsewhere on the peninsula to set foot on the island made famous by Irish writers Tomás Ó Criomhthain and other storytellers like Peig.
But often there is nowhere for them to go to the toilet. And while there is a private cafe with facilities, the cafe could not be expected to be open all the time, Cllr Fitzgerald said.
In recent years the inclusion of the Dingle peninsula on the Wild Atlantic Way campaign has brought a boost to visitor numbers.
"The cafe is private. The council will have to work with the OPW for a public toilet," he said.
The OPW, which owns much of the island, is involved in a painstaking programme of restoration of the old village and this year the home of the islandman Mr Ó Criomhthain was brought back to its original condition from a derelict ruin after two years of work.
Ten thousand people land on the island each year now, the OPW said.
"Visitor facilities on Great Blasket Island are being improved as part of a programme under the aegis of a partnership of public bodies including the Office of Public Works, Kerry County Council, Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht," the OPW said.
Conservation works have also taken place to several other historic houses on the island and further works are planned.
The OPW said it is planning to provide toilet facilities as part of the improvement programme.
