Síle Seoige revealed she is moving her family out of Dublin to return to her roots in Connemara.
The Galway born Gaeilgeoir said she and her partner Damien will be sad to leave the capital, but told how rising house prices paired with her desire to have their kids to grow up surrounded by the Irish language like she did ultimately led them to make the big decision.
The Spiddal native, 43, said: “I never thought I would be that girl.
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“People may describe me as many different things, some I may not want to know, but you could describe me as independent. So even though I was bawling on the bus to Dublin all those years ago, I loved the adventure.
“Making my own way. I never thought I would move back but the older I get and every time I go back, I realise I am from a really lovely place, the people are cool, and it is a great spot to raise a family.
“We love the beach so we will spend time there. Damien loves the water and would swim daily.”
The mother to Cathal, four, and Clíodhna, eight months added: “Ultimately when you become a parent it changes everything. Cathal was only two months old when we bought the site.”
The presenter turned podcast said it will be bittersweet making the move, telling RSVP Magazine: “I will be sad, I love Dublin.
“And really for work, for both of us, Dublin makes more sense but as parents and what we can pass on to our kids with freedom and quality of life, this seems like the right move.”
“Dublin is great, but the truth of the matter is unless you earn massive money it is very hard to own a nice house in Dublin, it is crazy.
“You get so much more for your money when you move out of Dublin; saying that, we are at the stages of building and the costs are going through the roof but we will make it work. You have to weigh it all up.”
“The language also means a lot to me, being in the Gaeltacht.”
Sile and her family are making the move this summer before their eldest son, Cathal, begins school.
But she noted how the biggest change will come for her partner Damien, from Co. Cork.
“While it will be a big change for all of us, it will be massive for Damien, coming from Blarney in Cork to Dublin when he was 19 and now to Connemara.
“I am moving home, where I am from, my closest friends are my crew from Spiddal but for him it is like starting from scratch again.”
She is hoping the move will pay off when they are cosying up in the country together as a family when their new build is complete.
"We still haven’t figured out where we are going to live while they are building the house but we will sort something out," she told the publication.
“Once the house is built, I think we will sit back with a glass of wine and say it was worth it.”
And commenting how the family are back together, after her sister Grainne also made the move home recently after living in South Africa for years, she added: “We are very lucky, we are all in Ireland and the two girls back in Galway. It is great for my parents to
have the small kids around, especially when they are at this fun age, and we might benefit from all the babysitting!”
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