Education:

St Ignatius College, Galway. DIT: Dip.Arch (1974)

Interests:

skiing, offshore sailing, opera, reading, food and wine.

Holidays:

sailing to Brittany. Italy, for its architecture and people. Skiing in Switzerland.

Favourite author: Patrick O'Brien

Current reading: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

When Irish people first began to make money they built smaller versions of the big house