Pro ice hockey player and yoga teacher are caretakers of Kerry's Great Blasket Island

Brock Montgomery and Claire de Haas are taking on the challenge as caretakers of Kerry's Great Blasket Island.

A well-known former Canadian professional ice hockey player and his Dutch partner are about to take on a new challenge as caretakers of the Great Blasket Island.

The couple, Brock Montgomery, 29, from Moose Jaw, Canada, and Claire de Haas from Alkmaar, the Netherlands, refused to give up on their hopes of landing the jobs as they applied three times and were up against almost 100,000 applicants over that time.