Yesterday they wrote: “We are beyond overwhelmed at the response for the Great Blasket Island coffee shop and accommodation job post. Photograph: Mirrorpix/GettyOne of last year’s caretakers, Lesley Kehoe, charted her time on the Blasket with her partner, Gordon Bond, on social media. It drew lots of publicity for the island jobs but also attracted some strong opinions. Towards the end of August last year Kehoe tweeted: “I’ll be taking a break from posting about our island experience for our last few months on the Great Blasket. People who were saying they knew more about the Great Blasket than us.

Source: The Irish Times January 20, 2020 14:15 UTC