Love Island is coming to an end.
The final episode is set to hit our screens on Monday and throughout this season, many people have been making scarily accurate similarities between the villa and The Gaeltacht.
Serious whiff of Last Day In The Gaeltacht from the last ten minutes of #loveisland there. Hysterics and hugs and ‘We’re going to be such good friends!’ but then at the reunion day in Dublin a fortnight later you have literally nothing in common any more
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 9, 2019
Why is love island just adult Gaeltacht? Everyone crying after that vote is giving me PTSD from the halla mor on the last night
— Eoin Mac Mathúna (@Eoin_Mc_M) July 25, 2019
Maura and Greg single-handedly upping the Gaeltacht vibe. Love it. #LoveIsland
— Rob O'Hanrahan (@RobOHanrahan) July 17, 2019
They're not wrong. Here are the ways Love Island is just like an Irish Gaeltacht.
1. You're in absolute hysterics saying goodbye to people
The crocodile tears are in full swing. You're INCONSOLABLE saying goodbye to your Gaeltacht BFFs - similar to how the girls were saying goodbye to Anna this week.
2. Your parents pop over for a visit
Ok - so on Love Island they visit and meet your other half but there's the same level of excitement and sheer glee at seeing your Mam/Dad/brother or cat that day they visited you at the coláiste.
3. There are parties every night
In Love Island they call them parties, in The Gaeltacht we call them ceilis but the premise is the same. You dress up, throw on make-up, gel the hair and all meet up in the exact same place every night.
4. You're living with people you barely know for weeks on end
Don't tell us the Love Island bedroom isn't just a fancier version of your Bean an Tí's gaff? Only difference is there's nobody shouting 'Éirigh!' at the crack of dawn in the villa.
5. The absolute SLAGGING ya get when you shift someone
You got the shift? Fair play to ya. Did a massive group of people also see it and shout abuse at ye? Of course they did!
6. When you get out it's the best day EVER
Did you see the GLEE on Greg and Amber's face when they went out of the villa onto that yacht? We had the same level of excitement when your Mam and Dad landed in and brought you to Galway for the day. The exact same energy.
7. No phones allowed
The phones are taken off you the minute you get into the place and when you get them back on the last day, the first thing you do is take down the numbers of your new BFFs.
8. There's absolute DRAMA when someone gets sent home
Remember the ructions when Sherif got kicked out of the villa? Wasn't that eerily similar to the time Caoimhe got booted out of the Gaeltacht for her Bearla? Exactly.
