John Senior worked for Pernod Ricard for 30 years, overseeing the successful development of both Jameson visitor centres in Dublin and Cork, both of which feature on our tours. He also oversaw the successful growth of Bushmills Distillery in Northern Ireland (a stop on our Northern Ireland tour). In recent years, John has been helping some of these new distilleries to get their visitor centres up and running and get them successfully on the tourism map.
BESPOKE VISITS AND TASTINGS AT IRELAND'S DISTILLERIES
A FAMILY AFFAIR
John Junior has worked in Irish tourism since 1999. In his schooldays, he used to lead tours of the Jameson Distillery in Dublin. He has worked with Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland and for the most part he has worked with some of the country’s leading tour operators.
In 2014, John Sr. prepared a paper on behalf of the Irish Whiskey Association on developing whiskey tourism on the island of Ireland. John Jr. worked closely with him on this project in the background. The need for the development of premium whiskey tourism product was shouting off the page – and Whiskey Island was born…
OVER 80 'WHISKEY STOPS' IN IRELAND
WHY CHOOSE WHISKEY ISLAND TOURS
WE DO THE DRIVING
You can enjoy the samples and we’ll get you around. No getting lost either.
NO LONG QUEUES
We plan our programmes to perfection, the distilleries will always be expecting us!
PRIVATE/BESPOKE TRAVEL
Not for mass tourism – enjoy personalized attention from our Whiskey Specialist Hosts
EXCELLENT TRIPADVISOR RATING
Private Luxury Whiskey Trail Dublin's Distillery Trail
Meeting and touring with John Collely was the hight point of our day. Very knowledgeable and great person to spend the day with. 5 stars!
Dennis M
Fun and engaging virtual whiskey tasting for corporate event!
I organized a virtual whiskey tasting for our key customers. John Callely was an incredible host and storyteller - not too mention that he knows everything there is to know about whiskey. I'd highly recommend him for your next corporate event.
Kevin C
Very enjoyable. Highly recommend
We did a whiskey tasting on zoom because of the pandemic. Was thoroughly enjoyable and John's knowledge was impeccable. He had answers for every question we could think of. Highly recommend a go and can't wait to do an in person tour when the regulations allow.
Paddy Belfast
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