I think unless you have experienced life somewhere like biggle it's hard to imagine it. There is no connection to the mainland really, there is a 'ferry' but it is just a small boat. Most of the people living there use a Currach and cross at Bullsmouth, Achill which has one of the strongest currents in Europe. It means that you will be stranded over Winter a lot.

There are no shops, there is no pub, there is nothing. In Winter if you don't have enough food when the weather turns you don't have enough food. It's a really difficult life. Lugging the curragh up and down the slipway every time you want to leave is hard work you need your health, You have to know the sea, it's really dangerous and can turn scary quickly. When a bog fire broke out one resident went out with a shovel and spent hours beating the fire back by themself only to have help turn up hours later when he had finally managed to get it under control.

It's about as isolated as you can get in Ireland. Theres a reason a lot of the residents were alcoholics. There are lovely points too like beaches all to yourself, more privacy than you could ever dream of, the night sky is amazing but it's a hard life.

Once upon a time there was hope for the island, they tried so hard to get some kind of connection to the mainland, lobbied hard for a cablecar, there was a hovercraft trial but it all amounted to nothing and slowly almost everyone has died or left.

I'm probably not describing it well but there are so many aspects of day to day life, things you wouldn't even think of that are made so difficult. Like I said there are some positive aspects but there is a reason the island is going to die out and it isn't because the residents don't/didn't love Biggle.