Barry leaves remote island after being its sole resident for 20 years

The country’s loneliest man is on his way back to England after 20 years living on the remote island of Inishfree.

Barry Pilcher, 70, yesterday left the Donegal island, of which he was the sole resident, along with wife Eve, who spent the last few days sharing his wind-swept home.

Both took a ferry to Burtonport and caught a coach to Letterkenny for a bus to Dublin.