0:11:54 > 0:11:57HE LAUGHS
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Sean, I believe at one stage
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- you were the lighthouse keeper here on the island?- Oh, yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55I came here in 1967.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It was my first permanent station.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02I had done relief work around the coast previous to that.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Did relief when men were on holidays or sick.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Anywhere around the coast from Cork to Donegal.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13But when I got the first permanent station here on Tory,
0:16:13 > 0:16:18that left me that I was able to do a month at the station,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22and go home for a fortnight.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25The station was fully manually operated at that time,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28with fog signals and all the equipment there then.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30We were kept very busy.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41During that time you must have seen
0:16:41 > 0:16:43a massive change in development on the island
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- from when you were a lighthouse keeper to now, running a hotel?- Yes.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52When I came here in '67, there were no ferry service,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54there were no hotel here.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Very few tourists visited the island.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58All...
0:16:58 > 0:17:02There were 300 population here.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05They had to use their own boats at that time, lower their boats
0:17:05 > 0:17:08when they got the opportunity,
0:17:08 > 0:17:12as in the wintertime, it was quite difficult with stormy seas.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The harbour was in very poor condition.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25ACCORDION PLAYS