In 2018, I started to work as a tour guide for the first
time. I immediately loved it and gained huge experience and some excellent
feedback and 5* reviews. Driving around, chatting and enjoying the company of
my guests while surrounding myself with some of the most beautiful places in
the world, what’s not to like?!! Ireland
is an incredible little country especially when you know where to go, and I get
huge satisfaction in bringing our guests around showing it off in all its
beauty. I have brought groups all over the land, people of every age from young
babies to Octogenarians, sometimes in the same group, and have always managed
to adapt the tours to suit their exact needs. I strongly believe that, above
all, the guest must always be put first. What one person may like, the next may
not and a tour should always reflect that and be able to adapt. Having a small
flexible company is the way to provide such detailed, guest focused tours. I
thoroughly enjoy the differences of each group, one day I could be climbing a
mountain with a group, the next, helping people to discover their ancestral
homes and re-uniting long lost cousins.
I am 40 years old and married to Bairbre
for ten. We have 3 young children. I
have lived in rural Ireland since birth.
My life is very much family focused but I do enjoy my own time too. I love all
sport, particularly rugby, which I played until my knees said “Stop”!! I love
music, from Irish ballads to classical to rock to 90’s dance! (I do draw a line
with Ed Sheerin!)
As far back as I can remember I have had an innate
curiosity, about everything… what type of tree is that? What happens when I
throw this stone? (the window breaks!). What does that hill look like from the
top? What is in that field? Growing up on a farm gave me the opportunity to
find out for myself. I had lots of space to explore and honestly, I haven’t
stopped. I still keep an eye over the hedgerows to see whats in the fields. I
still find it hard to resist turning down the little country roads with grass
growing on them to see where they lead and is there anything interesting along
the way. I also have a deep passion for Irish history, my history. I believe
that to understand ones own journey and where they are going they have to
understand where they are starting from, and to do that they must know the
past. I spend much of my spare time reading up on Irish history, whatever
little interesting snippet that has caught my attention that day.
I have
followed my forefathers on the farm, which has been in our family for hundreds
of years. Working on a farm for over 20 years, you realise that you are a total
hostage to nature and weather and need to always think on your feet and adapt
quickly.
