Travel Tales with Fergal

We have our first guest on Travel Insiders this year with Irish Expat Brendan Dwyer who lives in Murcia and works as GM in the 5 star award winning La Finca Resort in Alicante, Spain. Brendan has worked for over 20 years in some of the most iconic hotels and brands including Vice President Global Sales EMEA for Hyatt Hotels. Brendan really captures the manic world of the global hotel business as h...

David McWilliams is a world renowned economist, author, journalist, documentary-maker and broadcaster and is ranked the 10th most influential economist in the world. David believes passionately that economics should be easily understandable and widely available whilst also making it topical, fun and entertaining. David has worked and travelled all over the world and we cover a lot of ground as you...

Whether it is a Gluhwein or hot chocolate to warm the hands and heart after coming down off the mountain, there is nothing like that contented feeling when sharing stories of that day's exploits and the giddy expectation for the night ahead. The fun from Après Ski after a long day on the slopes is one of the great joys of a ski holiday. This episode is an appreciation of all things Après from the...

Our guest this week is the Irish and Lions rugby legend Paul Wallace. He talks about the Six Nations, the mystique of Lions rugby tours, whether this year’ tour to South Africa should go ahead and his favourite countries to tour including Japan, Australia, New Zealand and that famous 1997 Lions tour to South Africa. Paul talks about life touring as a professional rugby player and how South Africa...

Season 2 starts with a Ski Special featuring 10 top ski experts and enthusiasts sharing their favourite resorts for skiing and regaling us with great Après Ski yarns. This podcast aims provide some escapism during lockdown by conjuring up fond memories of past travels and to inspire more adventurous future holidays. Ireland’s top ski journalist Catherine Murphy and the legendary ski instructor War...

I have a special Bonus episode called ‘No Really, What’s the Matter with America?” featuring Daniel Gilmore, a Republican and Sean O’Neill, a Democrat who discuss the current state of America after the most tumultuous election in that country's history. They give a topical, informative and entertaining insight into where they see the country going in the next four years under Biden with a Dem...

We start this year with great uncertainty but what we do know for sure is that things will get better in 2021. This bonus episode is full of positivity and that is how we can now look to the future with hope on the horizon. The one question I asked every guest was to "take four deep breaths and think of their happy place" and I have a collection of their favourite places. You could not but smile t...

The Travel Tales with Fergal Podcast finishes Season 1 with a fascinating interview with Richard Fitzpatrick, a Barcelona-based Irish journalist. We talk about "Expat life" in Barcelona. Richard shares stories about his 2nd book "El Clásico: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Football’s Greatest Rivalry" including trips to Messi's home town in Argentina and Ronaldo's home town in Madeira, Portugal. Richard'...

The podcast features double All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winner and Clare legend Anthony Daly. He shares stories of the glory years with Clare during the GAA's golden era of hurling in the 1990's. He tells great tales of Clare and All Star trips abroad. Anthony also speaks eloquently of what he calls his pilgrimage to Clonmel every February for the National finals. He also gives great i...

The Travel Tales with Fergal Podcast is a weekly interview series that hopes to fuel listeners wanderlust while we all wait for post pandemic travel to hopefully return next year. We may not be able to travel right now but this podcast aims to share soul-lifting travel memoirs about day-dream worthy destinations.   The Podcast episode this week features the troubadour Jerry Fish who has trave...

The Travel Insider Series continues with Holly Rubenstein, the host of the Travel Diaries Podcast, which is the UK’s No.1 Travel Podcast. I explain on the podcast but listening to Holly’s podcast inspired me to do my own travel podcast so I am delighted to bring this chat with her to you. Holly tells us why she loves travelling, and transport us to her favourite day-dream destinations. This episod...

The Travel Tales with Fergal Podcast aims to share soul-lifting travel memoirs about day-dream worthy destinations. I chat to a special guest every Tuesday about their travels, adventures and experiences living abroad.   The new feature Travel Insiders starts today where industry experts talk about their love of travel, market trends and their favourite destinations. My first interv...

The Travel Tales with Fergal Podcast features Munster, Ireland and Lions rugby legend Keith Wood. We talk about Keith's travels throughout his rugby career with Ireland and the Lions but what really shines through is his love of County Clare and particularly his hometown Killaloe. He talks eloquently about his love of west Clare and particularly Quilty, where is family originally from. Keith tells...

We can't physically travel right now but there is nothing to stop us armchair travel day-dreaming. This is a personal episode as I'm interviewing fellow Clareman and old friend Mark O’Halloran. Mark is an Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter of great renown. He recently won two IFTA's for Best screenplay for Rialto and Best Supporting Actor for the Virtues. Mark has written and starred in many...

This is the first interview in a new series as part of Travel Tales with Fergal Podcast called Expat Lives where I interview expats about their lives abroad and get great insider travel tips. We discuss life as an emigrant and their opinions on Ireland looking from afar. Expat Lives will feature people like Annie Kennedy on working for Formula 1 and Shell in Africa, John Carey ex Duty CEO of...

This episode is real wanderlust for some summer travel daydreaming. Our guest Dawn Hindle is an Ibiza legend who went to Ibiza in 1994 and set up the famous Manumission Club night that put Ibiza on the world clubbing map. She has since set up Ibiza Rocks and now owns the iconic Pikes Hotel. Her story is the story of the island. She gives great Ibiza recommendations and really conjures up fond memo...

We have a special Bonus episode called “What’s the Matter with America” featuring Daniel Gilmore, a Republican reporting from North Carolina and Sean O’Neill, a Boston Democrat now living in Ireland who discuss what is being called one of the most important elections in US history.   They give a topical, informative and entertaining insight into the current state of America and outline w...

Travel Tales with Fergal is a weekly interview series where Irishman Fergal O'Keeffe chats to a special guest about their travels, adventures and experiences living abroad. We talk about travel, culture, people, food, politics, history, tourism and expat lives. I hope this podcast series will fuel your armchair travelling imagination. Our guest this week is the sports broadcaster Con Murphy, who h...

Welcome to our first full interview episode. I hope this podcast series will fuel your armchair travelling imagination. Our guest Damian Browne is a former professional rugby player hailing from Galway. Damian’s passion for travel and adventure has led him to visit more than 50 countries on 6 continents. Damien is an adventurer in the truest sense of the word using the world’s most extreme environ...