While the couple is no doubt enjoying their break from modern life, Kehoe says there are a few things she misses: “I miss my family obviously but they’ve all come out to visit. Read More: How can you retire to Ireland from America Missing home What a place to experience a storm! #WildAtlanticWay /kBtTFDRJTm- Lesley July 19, 2019 Thunder and lightning on the Great Blasket at 5am this morning. That’s when we really get to appreciate the island and landscape and what the islanders would have went through when they were living here.” All you can hear is the beach and the waves. “Then if the weather is bad it’s just us but that’s actually our favorite time. While the Irish couple is the only permanent residents on the island for the time being, they frequently have visitors staying in holiday accommodations: “We can have up to 31 people in the accommodation, boats come out from Dingle, Bantry, and Dunquin.” We just have to be mindful of that and not take any chances, we take it easy when we’re lifting chairs and tables in the house and things like that.”Īhead of one anticipated stormy night in July, Kehoe assured her followers that she and Gordon had all the necessities ready to go:īut nobody needs worry about us - we're well stocked! /Q7WLpLgnbu- Lesley July 21, 2019 “Sometimes we are cut off from the mainland for three or four days. With limited emergency resources, Kehoe and Gordon are forced to be mindful in their day-to-day life: “You just have to be prepared and hope that nothing goes wrong.” Read More: From the Great Blasket to America - a memoir of the longest surviving islander Be prepared There is nowhere on earth like the Great Blasket /GFFY5ECzgu- Lesley July 14, 2019 I said I was going to heat up water every day, that I’d never have a cold shower – but to be honest you’d be upstairs and dressed by the time you’d have the water heated in the kettle so I just decided to brave it.”ĭespite the lack of electricity, Kehoe has been dutiful in sharing pictures and videos that showcase a way of life that may seem equal parts foreign and idyllic when compared to the modern 'rat race.'Īnother day in paradise. who loved to entertain and drew people to her."ĭr Criostoir MacCarthaigh told the documentary that contrary to the public image, Sayers was a woman with a strong sense of humour who was recorded in the 1940s by the Irish Folklore Commission and was a born performer.“The lack of electricity hasn’t actually bothered me that much but it did take me a while to get used to not having hot water. Máire Ní Dhálaigh, of the Office of Public Works's Blasket Centre, said: "Peig was the Netflix of the time and people gathered around her from far and wide. She discovered that Sayers was a much maligned woman who, in many ways, was the opposite of that portrayed in her autobiography. There are many layers to Peig, as I found out whilst making this programme.” “ This woman generously shared not only her life story, but many other stories that she had collected over the years I don’t believe the abuse she continuously receives is warranted. “I wonder what Peig would have said, if she knew that we’d still be talking about her, at length, in the year 2021?” mused Ní Uallacháin? Peig Sayers at her home on the Great Blasket Island in the 1930s. Unfortunately, the book came to associate the Irish language with poverty, misery and bored generations of teenagers to tears.TG4 broadcaster Sinéad Ní Uallacháin is attempting to rehabilitate Sayers's reputation and restore her as a storyteller worldwide.
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