A couple who met while teaching at the same secondary school and have been living “on a shoestring” for the past year travelling around Ireland in a camper van are this year’s new caretakers on the Great Blasket Island.
Ms Melay, a Home Economics teacher explained they both also wanted to get to know all corners of “Ireland better” despite facing the prospect of living without electricity and running water for six months from April 1st. Mr McFadden, a Spanish and Business teacher, said that instead of going abroad they decided to look at Ireland differently.
There are no permanent residents on the island, which was deserted in the 1950s because emergency services were unable to reach it in storms.
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