Your hosts
Victoria & Mike Healy
Two lifelong lovers of the Celtic lands — with deep Scottish and Irish roots — guiding travellers beneath the surface of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
A deep love of the land
Grads for grads, hosts for friends
Victoria, with her Scottish and Irish ancestry, and Mike, with his Irish ancestry, share a profound love and appreciation of all that Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland have to offer the traveller.
Mike Healy is a USMA West Point graduate and a Trinity College Dublin graduate. He served as tour coordinator for his class reunion in Killarney, County Kerry — and, with its great success, began offering the same reunion experience to other U.S. Service Academy, university, and college alumni classes and societies.
Mike Healy · Director & Tour Operator
Genealogist, author & certified Ireland Specialist
Beyond his passion for Ireland travel, Mike is a professional genealogist specializing in helping people around the world trace their Irish ancestors’ origins and birthplaces back to 1840 — retrieving official church baptism and government birth certificates for his clients.
A Tourism Ireland Certified Ireland Specialist, Mike is the author and photographer of “Irish Genealogy Tips, Techniques and Tales,” “Ireland Mosaic: A Photo Journey,” and the “Pubs of Ireland” series. His Ireland RnR Tours YouTube channel hosts over 200 short films shot across Ireland — a preview of everything the tours bring to life.
Victoria Christie‑Healy · Host & Knitting Guide
A lifelong love of wool & craft
Victoria has been knitting since childhood — her first fascination sparked by Mamie Guthrie, a native of Killarney who lived next door and knit on her porch for hours each day. At six years old, Victoria watched beautiful garments come to life in Mamie’s hands while hearing stories of Ireland.
A member of the Loudoun Valley Sheep Producers’ Association and a knitting teacher since 2009, Victoria brings deep knowledge of breed‑specific artisan wools to our knitting tours — connecting travellers to the local sheep farms and makers behind every skein.