'Living on the island forces you to relax': Couple reflects on six months on Blasket Island

Brock Montgomery and Claire de Haas have spent the past six months as holiday home caretakers on the island

Former Great Blasket Island holiday homes caretakers Brock Montgomery and Claire de Haas. Picture: Brock Montgomery/Claire de Haas.

When Brock Montgomery and Claire de Haas left the Great Blasket Island on Tuesday, the couple had lumps in their throats.

The remote Kerry coastal island, where they had worked as holiday cottage caretakers, had been their home since April 1 and they had not left it once.