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Two vacancies as caretaker on the island of Great Blasket, in the Irish county of Kerry, will be announced in the coming days.

Billy O'Connor and his partner Alice Hayes, owners of three cabins and a cafeteria in this green and heavenly place, will offer a curious

job opportunity

to two people and will open a selection process open to candidates from all over the world.

With no hot water and electricity,

Great Blasket (or An Blascaod Mór in Gaelic), is the main island of a group d

e six spanning nearly three miles of shoreline on County Kerry's stunning Dingle Peninsula, this secluded natural corner is the regular home to a vast

diversity of fauna and flora

and one of the traditional icons of the country, having been inhabited for centuries by a small population that followed the ancestral ways of working in agriculture and fishing, with an area of ​​barely 4.5 km2 of virgin land, mostly mountainous , Big Blasket Island was once the home of author and storyteller Peig Sayers, whose works were required reading in Irish schools.

And even at one point the inhabitants of these islands were subjected to linguistic studies for their largely unchanged use of the Irish language. At its peak, the island's population reached 175 residents.

It was finally evicted in 1954 after a sharp decline in population and concerns generated by its difficult access in an emergency.

accessible by boat

and receives the visit of tourists interested in knowing one of the most

remote and beautiful parts of Ireland.

Visitors can also discover some ancient ruins and can stay in one of the six traditional cabins on the island. It is not the first time that Gran Blasket has looked for employees;

Already last year it generated a great international repercussion for a similar selection process.

In 2020 they received for two caregiver positions during the summer

more than 40,000 requests

from all parts of the world, including Mexico, Finland or Argentina, among other countries.

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