GUESTS

Most of the guests we had were wealthy American,Canadian and Australian,we also had as private visitors,Ambassadors ,two Indian/Pakistani Princesses,Lords ,Ladies,actors and actresses,a DJ,the editors of a well known newspaper,a pilot and some bikers.As we guaranteed privacy,i can not name these people,but i can relate some of the more interesting stories.

The most enjoyable week we ever had as a guest house was when a party of eleven,took over the whole house,adults,grandparents and children.The matriarch was a very eccentric American lady,her very rich publisher husband no 4,her various children from previous husbands and the grandchildren plus friends.They were fun,and very easy to cater for and entertain.
I arranged for the men and one little boy to go salmon fishing and the ladies and little girl to go horse ridding,the others went off to Cork sight seeing,so i had the day to myself,all i had to do once the normal chores were done was to cook the evening meal.
I had been instructed by the would be fishermen that they would supply the salmon for diner.I cooked a salmon any way,just in case !!!
At diner,with all guests,in evening dress,i served diner.,after the starter i came in with a huge victorian silver salver,having got everyones attention,i lifted the lid to show them the fish to be served,given to me by the only male to have caught anything all day.ONE tiny trout,caught by the little boy,everyone erupted with laughter,then photographs were taken of the trophy.Good job i had done the salmon !!!
Most of this party were actors,including the children,can't name them but the children and their father were prominent in the TITANIC,the little girl sang the titanic song after diner,she was good.

Prior to their arrival i had been told not to tell any one who was coming as they wanted a holiday free of the press and fans,i was totally compliant to this re quest,BUT,they arrived in a convoy of huge people carriers,all the local people were asking me who the hell they were driving through the farms ( they had taken a wrong turn ).On the next day,one of the first things they wanted to do,was go to a local pub for a genuine GUINNESS.I took them into Cappoquin,because they had a really old genuine Irish pub.One of the actors,who was very tall,wore a floor length ,black felt coat and a huge black hat with a very wide brim and avery long scarf,wrapped round his neck,that then trailed on the ground.Plus big dark glasses!!!! Baring in mind he did not want anyone to know him,i was aghast,everyone was stopping me to ask who he was,i never told.

When this party left they were very generous with the tip because we had kept them private and given them a good holiday.I think at least two of them were disappointed that i kept the secret!!!! I did'nt want to tell them that probably NO ONE around here had ever heard of them !!!


All three an be seen ( somewhere in this video ) cant say where !!