The dream job that allowed 2 people to work from April to October 2020 on Great Blasket Island, an uninhabited Irish island, is currently a victim of its own success.
The ad quickly went viral on the Web, so much so that the employers (Billy O’Connor and Alice Hayes) found themselves inundated with no less than 24,000 applications!
Requests came from all over the world: Alaska, France, Italy, the United States… even Asian countries applied!
So far, employers have already managed to process 1,000 applications… They promise to answer the remaining 23,000, but ask people to be patient. It has to be said that processing these requests is titanic!
We’ve been totally overwhelmed by the number of responses we’ve received for seasonal work on Great Blasket Island. said Billy O’Connor. When we published the advert last year, we were worried that we wouldn’t find anyone willing to quit their job, pack their bags and move to a windswept island with no electricity or hot water in the middle of the Atlantic, off the Dingle Peninsula for 6 months. of the year!
But this year we received over 24,000 applications! Once again, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to apply and share or like the post. We can’t explain how important your interest is to us!”
As a reminder, the job offer appeared on social networks as early as January 8, and was shared massively on Twitter and Facebook, as well as other websites (including ours). The announcement is likely to have got a lot of people dreaming, with people seemingly yearning for an experience in connection with the Irish wilderness.
In addition, the former workers who occupied the post last year had largely relayed their life on the wild island. Many photos and videos were regularly posted on Instagram and Twitter, which could explain the unexpected success of the 2020 announcement!
I guess people just want to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Things are really basic there. There’s no electricity. Cooking is done on gas stoves. Light is provided by candles, and heating is by a wood-burning stove. There are no comforts, and no hot water for showers. added Billy O’Connor on Irish television channel RTE.”
However, those responsible for the advert preferred to alert people to the arduous nature of the work involved. In addition to living on an isolated island, the work will be physical: on average, you’ll have to welcome up to 400 people a day, feed them, serve them coffee, manage their rooms, make their beds, do the housework… All for 2 people only!
One thing’s for sure: it’s a magnificent setting, but the lucky few who get chosen are going to have to put their backs into it!
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