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Our driver guides are the jewel in our crown - Your itinerary is a rough diamond and your driver guide a jeweler who will polish it into a sparkling gem!
David WardellIn his late 40s David ran a successful restaurant in Kildare for many years. He is married to a member of Ireland's Three Day Event team and a hopeful for the Irish Horseriding Olympic Team. His uncle is the Earl of Erne and he is closely connected to the aristocracy of Britain and Ireland - his mother was a lady in waiting to the Queen. All our guides are charming, but he is one of the sweetest and most charming men you could meet.
Rupert Ziegler-HallinanSon of Lady Hallinan and cousin of the Magnier family of Coolmore, owners of racehorses and Manchester United, Ru was a rock musician in the 1970s. In the 1980s he ran an event management company in Britain and then moved back to Ireland to manage a country house hotel. In his late 40s he has worked for us for the last 2 years. Clients look for him year after year.Jim NolanJim was financial controller at Aer Lingus in the 1980s and has been guiding our guests around Ireland for the last 10 years. Unfortunately we sometimes have to lend him to the Government, as he is the man always chosen to look after any vvvips! Both Bill & Hilary Clinton, for instance, always use him.Donal ScannellDonal, who has been a publican and hotelier in Cork and Kerry, a collector of vintage cars and an outstanding gardener brings the great tradition of Munster hospitality to tourism. He will drive anything from a sedan to a 20 seater coach, and will entertain all who are with him.Jim WheelanJim is in his mid 50s, a master of wine, a golfer, and a friend of all the country wherever you are in Ireland Jim will have a friend or two, or three, or four and a host of stories about all of them. He has been involved with tourism since the 1970s. and is a member of the Allen family of Ballymaloe House, famed for food and hospitality.John ColcloughJohn has been guiding people around Ireland for 25 years and is in his early 50s. Since giving up his first career as a tax lawyer, he has been a prolific journalist on Irish history, art, antiques, architecture, food, gardens and mythology and serves on several tourism committees in both Northern & Southern Ireland.Pat LiddyPat Liddy is a widely acclaimed artist and writer who has been vigorously campaigning on behalf of his native city, Dublin, for over 25 years through his newspaper series, books, articles, broadcasts, exhibitions, & lectures. In Ireland his weekly radio show on the byeways of Dublin's history are hugely popular.Robert VanceLike most people on these islands, Rob is a mixture of the different races - Gaelic, Norman, Huguenot, -random bits and pieces- and from an early age, curiosity about the past was in his character. With a host of TV shows, books on Celtic Ireland, Pagan Ireland and Secret Ireland, Rob still finds time to be a professional photographer a psycologist and a teacher when not looking after our guests.Ciaran GanterCiaran Ganter is in his early 30s and is the son of a senior manager at the Irish Tourist Board. He knows the country backwards as well as forwards and what he lacks in the gravitas bestowed by age, he makes up for in charm, flexibility, enthusiasm and knowledge nothing is too much for him.Bob BoultonBob is a native of Louth and was brought up in Dublin before joining the British Army. Now in his mid 50s, having risen to a very senior rank he retired and has been guiding for the last 7 years.Mike HardieBorn in Dundee, Mike now lives and works in a tiny East Perthshire hamlet in what was a former mill and blacksmith's workshop, and is now a beautiful home. Graduating from Edinburgh University with a B.Sc (Agriculture), he then farmed in the Carse of Gowrie area between Perth and Dundee for 35 years, Mike is a keen sailor and a qualified Instructor and Skipper.Betty O'ConnellBetty O'Connell was the person who actually ran the Irish Horse Racing Board for many years. Everyone in the horse racing industry knows and loves her, and a day at the races with her is both delightful and memorable. Both her husband and her daughter are racehorse trainers, so there is little that she does not know about her subject!Marianne GormanMarianne Gorman graduated in French and Spanish from University College Dublin. She has worked for Irish Television, lived in Paris for four years while acting as assistant director of the Irish Tourist Office, and has led tours for numerous museum and botanical garden societies. |
Elegant but not necessarily expensive, we offer luxury at all levels and privileged access to the most exclusive private castles, stately homes & gardens, and high society in Ireland & Britain for individuals, families, groups, incentives and shore excursions.
