Owen Colgan moved from Dublin back to Mayo at the beginning of the pandemic.
At the beginning of the pandemic, comedian and ‘Hardy Buck’, Owen Colgan, moved from Dublin to Belmullet in his home county of Mayo. When Irish Country Living speaks with him, it’s almost one year to the day since the big move.
Referencing Government relocation grants aimed at encouraging people to move from cities to rural towns, announced last week under the Rural Future Plan, Owen jokes he may have to rethink the move.
“I just moved out of Dublin right before lockdown. I saw the Government are on about giving a grant for people to leave the city. The whole city is going to move to Belmullet, so I’ll have to move back then.”