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 JI 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. 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 J“Sometimes we are cut off from the mainland for three or four days. 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.” “Then if the weather is bad it’s just us but that’s actually our favorite time. 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.”Īll you can hear is the beach and the waves. Read More: How can you retire to Ireland from America Missing home What a place to experience a storm! #WildAtlanticWay /kBtTFDRJTm- Lesley JThunder and lightning on the Great Blasket at 5am this morning. There was a great response from Margaret Kent, who identified the boy on second-right as her uncle, and then Pádraig Cronin, who chipped in about his father recalling the old Beamish & Crawford lorries.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. I wasn't expecting any of it, just sharing the picture after the Peig documentary. "It took all of eight minutes for the first response to come in. All of these contributions have helped fill in the picture in small ways, but there's still much to be learned. Soon after sharing it on Twitter, a small but significant response emerged, with users identifying family members of their own, and speaking about possible trips to the island on behalf of Beamish & Crawford employees. Peig Sayers: there was more to the master storyteller than your Leaving Cert had you believe, as we saw in last week's TG4 doc This was also when Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, also known as the Irish Pimpernel, the Irish Schindler, is supposed to have saved over 6000 Allied soldiers and civilian Jews from the Nazis." He studied for the priesthood, and was ordained there in the 1940s. "That photo fell out of an album of wartime photos from Rome. MacCarthy happened across the picture, dating roughly to the 1930s, while researching the man he was to become. OJtfZCYCaN- Flor MacCarthy□□ March 10, 2021Ĭarthach, the tall fellow third from the left in the picture, was there with 'friends and boys from Farranferris', according to the bit of info on the photo's reverse, but as is often the way with these finds, the information is lost to time. The tall ‘boy’, 3rd from the left, was my uncle. The inscription on the back reads: “Peig Sayers (with priests & boys from Farranferris)”. They're nudging each other and giggling in the presence of the great Peig.įound this photo of #Peig in an old family album recently. "When you look at the photo, it looks like she's surrounded by starstruck lads, and a really dignified pose in the middle of it, that gives away that she was a big deal at the time.
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