Airport transfers
I meet you in arrivals, I know when your flight actually lands, and I get you to your door in Doolin without you working out a bus change in a country you have never been to.
Airport transfers
Doolin's local driver and guide.
Airport runs, day tours around the Burren and the Cliffs, trailhead drop-offs, or hire me for the whole trip. What I really sell is slow travel: one local, one car, and a day you're allowed to change your mind about.
- Booked ahead, price agreed before you get in
- Licensed and insured
- I live here. I'm not driving out from Galway.
What I do
Four ways to put me to work
Most people find me because they need a lift from the airport. A fair few of them keep me for the rest of the week once they work out how much easier it is than driving themselves on roads with grass down the middle.
Private day tours
The Cliffs, the Burren, the coast road, the pubs in Doolin. Priced by the hour with a three hour minimum, and you can rearrange the whole thing on the morning.
Private day tours
Hiking trailhead drop-offs
I leave you at the start of the walk and collect you where you finish, so a one way route stays a one way route. I guided hiking before this, so I know which walks are worth your morning.
Trailhead drop-offs
Hire me by the day or week
You get one driver for the whole trip. I learn what you like by the second morning, I carry the bags, and nobody in your group has to drive on the left.
Hire me for your trip
The Cliffs of Moher
Everybody comes for these. Almost nobody sees them right.
The coaches arrive around eleven and they are gone by two, and in between the whole place feels like a queue. I live about ten minutes away, so we go when the light is worth the trip and the car park isn't the first thing you see.
Why me
I'm not a taxi company. That's the point.
01
One local, one car
You get me every time. Not whoever was free, not somebody driving down from the city who has to look up where Fisher Street is. I live here and I drive these roads, so I know which stops are worth your time.
02
The day is yours to change
This is slow travel. If it lashes rain we swap the walk for a cave. If you fancy a quiet pint, or a dip in the Atlantic, or an unhurried hour in the Burren, we pull in. Nobody is standing over you with a schedule, and you get the local craic on the way.
03
No meter, no surprises
Everything is booked ahead and priced ahead. You know what the day costs before you get in the car, so there is nothing ticking over in the corner of your eye and nothing awkward at the end.
Where I go
Doolin is home. I don't stop there.
Cliffs of Moher
About ten minutes from my door
Aran Islands
Ferries from Doolin Pier
The Burren
Caherconnell and the sheepdogs
Doolin
Home, and the music
Lahinch
The beach and the golf, about twenty minutes
Lisdoonvarna, Ennistymon and Ennis
Burren Smokehouse, shopfronts, market town
Galway
A city day, and back for the session
Shannon and Dublin
Both airports, door to door
Sample days
Somewhere to start
Nobody likes booking blind, so here is what a day with me usually looks like. Read them as a shape rather than a schedule. You can throw the whole plan out on the morning and I will not be a bit put out.
Three hours
The Burren loop
The limestone, Caherconnell, and a stop where the view is better than the car park.
Full day
Cliffs and Burren
The Cliffs when the coaches have gone, then the long way home along the coast.
Six days
The west of Ireland
Clare, Galway and back again, with me driving and you looking out the window.
The car
Yes, your bags will fit.
People turn up having rented something enormous they did not need, because nobody told them what actually fits in a normal Irish car on a normal Irish road. So here it is plainly, and if your bags are bigger than that, tell me before you book and I will tell you straight whether it works.
- Up to 4 passengers plus their luggage
- Fully air conditioned
- Škoda Superb, 2021
- A big boot with room for four people and their cases
What people say
Two groups, one week apart
By the end it felt like being driven around by an old friend.
Tina & JonA full day of Cliffs and Burren.
She was a perfect stranger the day we met her and felt like someone we had known forever by the time we left.
Josh & SusieAn airport transfer and a few days of driving.
Straight answers
The questions I actually get
- Can I just flag you down, or find you at the pier?
- No, and I would rather say that plainly. I am licensed as a pre-booked operator, not a rank taxi, so every job is arranged in advance. Message me with your dates and I will be there, at the time we agreed, with the price already settled.
- What happens if my flight is delayed?
- I watch the flight, not the clock. Send me the flight number when you book and I will already know before you land. If you are three hours late I am still there, and we sort it out like adults.
- Can we change the plan halfway through the day?
- Yes, and most people do. If the weather turns, or you want another hour at a beach, or somebody spots a sign for something, we go. The plan is a starting point, not a contract.
- Do you go outside County Clare?
- Yes. I will travel anywhere. I have done Dublin airport runs, and one long run north into Northern Ireland, and on multi day hire I go wherever the trip goes. Tell me where you are headed and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.
Tell me what you're hoping to do.
Send me your dates, how many of you there are, how many bags, and roughly what you want out of it. WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach me on +353 83 444 3795 and I come back within 24 hours, often sooner.