About Me

Gougane BarraI was born and educated in West Cork, lived for some years in Dublin and returned to my roots in 2003.

I love travel, walking, reading (especially local history), gardening and photography – especially nature and wildlife. My other passion is animals (my husband runs a dog boarding kennel) and I have a love of horses. During my time in Dublin I was involved in developing the YMCA centre – which is the 2nd oldest YMCA in the world.

For many years I have taken friends and groups around Ireland, showing them well know, and less well known, parts of this wonderful country. The feedback I received has been wonderful – so much so that I recently decided to get further qualified and offer my services on a full time basis.