Annie Birney and Eoin Boyle, from Dún Laoghaire, moved to the isolated island off the coast of Kerry on June 24th and opened the island up to visitors as the country battled with the Covid-19 pandemic.
They had originally been chosen to stay on the island for six months but due to the lockdown for several weeks, their time was shortened.
The couple lived in accommodation on the island and ran the island's coffee shop and private cottages for visitors who come to the remote island.
Chosen by Billy and Alice of @greatblasketisland the Dublin couple experienced the chance of a lifetime and to work for them looking after their three original islanders cottages on the island.
They had "three months of no electricity, no hot water and no popping to the shops,” and on leaving the island they said “they absolutely loved it.”
Ms Birney said: “There is actually so little here in terms of modern day luxuries but so much in terms of things to see and do.”
The couple spent their first night on the mainland on Wednesday at Castlewood House in Dingle.
Caretaker competition
Billy O'Connor and Alice Hayes own three cottages and the coffee shop on the island and listed the caretaker job in January with little expectation of receiving many applications.
The couple, who also run day trips to the island, were blown away by the sheer number of applications.
More than 23,000 people had applied for the job barely a week after it was listed and O'Connor and Hayes said in a Facebook post at the time that they were stunned that so many people wanted to spend time on a "windswept island with no electricity or hot water in the middle of the Atlantic" for half a year.
Leslie Kehoe and Gordon Bond, a couple from County Kildare, served as caretakers on the island last year and said that they simply fell in love with the place.
Located about three miles off the coast of Dingle in County Kerry, Great Blasket Island is home to a huge amount of animal, sea and plant life. The island is over four miles long and consists of largely mountainous terrain, while there are still some ancient ruins for visitors to explore.
There are no permanent residents on the island, which was deserted in the 1950s because emergency services were unable to reach it in storms.
