A pair from Dublin has left metropolis life behind to take up residence on one in all Ireland’s most distant Islands.
The Great Blasket Island is off the coast of County Kerry and is the most westerly level in the nation.
In latest years numerous the homes have been restored and vacationers have been welcomed again to the island.
An commercial for 2 vacancies as caretakers attracted greater than 23,000 functions from round the world.
The profitable candidates had been Eoin Boyle and Annie Birney from Dublin.
Ms Birney says it’s nonetheless sinking in.
“Every morning we get up and there is a large seal colony on the seaside proper on our doorstep and the subsequent factor you look out your window and a donkey is strolling previous, you don’t know what you’ll see subsequent.”
The couple will dwell in lodging on the island till October and run the island’s espresso store and personal cottages.
Video journalist: Niall McCracken