In this case7:04Lucky Young Couple lands Gig taking care of Irish Island uninhabited
Camille Rosenfeld and James Hayes landed which looks like a unique opportunity. The young couple was chosen to be the guards of one of the most distant and breathtaking locations of Ireland: Great Blasket Island.
“Oh my God … It seems that such a dream becomes reality,” said Rosenfeld How it happens’ Nile Köksal host.
“You wouldn’t even think it would be a possibility…. We feel really lucky that we have been chosen.”
From April, the couple will spend six months living on this 1,100 acres island off the west coast of the Dingle peninsula in the county of Kerry, Ireland. They are currently living in Tralee, which is about 80 kilometers by land and at sea.
The island is covered with an emerald emerald green landscape, with hills and spectacular cliffs, surrounded by catchy turquoise waves.
Pêtu of relics and ruins of a bygone past, it is also deeply rooted in a rich Irish heritage and history.
Once sheltering a welded Gaelic community, the island became deserted in 1953 when its last inhabitants were taken to the continent so that they could access what the island did not have – emergency services for the aging population and softer winters.
Since then, it has been largely intact, allowing nature to recover the earth.
Rosenfeld has not yet set foot on the island, but during a recent hike nearby, she says that it is a show to see.
“It’s so green, the greenest grass you’ve ever seen,” she said.
“For a few weeks in summer, there are these beautiful purple flowers that flourish in the fields. It looks like something from Oz sorcerer.”
The island is also full of wild animals. THE goalkeepers of last year Say that there are sharks, seals, sheep, whales, dolphins and rabbits.
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The goalkeeper post was announced by Peter O’Connor and his wife Alice Hayes, who live on the continent. But they have the five vacation chalets and a small coffee on Great Blasket, which the new guards will supervise.
When the hiring couple published the seasonal position live in January 2020, they were flooded with 80,000 requests. They have since limited the number they will consider at 300.
Even so, it’s a large swimming pool, and James Hayes is not quite sure to know why they were chosen.
“They are adorable people and we got along so well,” said Hayes, of the interview
“We don’t really know why, other than that, I think they just think they can get along with us, and that we seem to be nice people who will work hard.”
Hayes actually grew up elsewhere in Kerry County. He says that even before the opportunity to work there, he was already enchanted by the island and visited him in college.
“It really captured my imagination at the time,” he said.
“It has always been on my radar … The history of the island; it is a kind of cultural monument.”
And it didn’t take very convincing for Rosenfeld, who is Minnesota, to get on board when Hayes asked if she wanted to apply.
“I suggested it to Camille, and she was totally for that,” he said.
Excitation in anticipation
The island swept by the wind has no electricity, hot water or wi-fi, but what it has is what Rosenfeld aspire.
“The simple fact of being disconnected is such a luxury when we live now,” she said.
Rosenfeld says that it is also delighted to welcome visitors attracted to the same reasons.
“The idea of meeting all those people who are attracted to the island in the same way as us is really exciting,” said Rosenfeld.
“The chance to do it in a place where you can hear the ocean and see the stars and live in candles is incredible.”
As a professional artist, Hayes says he will seek inspiration for his next job.
“What better place to be than an island like this?”
Unsurprisingly, they have already thought about what could be the most difficult part of all this experience – leaving the island at the end of September.
“I think it will be the most difficult part … trying to find a place to live, and I will have to find a job,” said Rosenfeld.
“I don’t try to think about this part yet.”
