Brendan Courtney on the late Hugh Wallace: 'Every time I’m driving to a shoot, I talk to him'

As the final episodes of The Great House Revival air, Brendan Courtney reflects on the sudden loss of his friend Hugh Wallace, renovating his own Wicklow home and how turning 50 has shaped his ambition 

Hugh Wallace & Brendan Courtney

“Every time I’m driving to a shoot, I talk to him. Have a little chat,” says Brendan Courtney. “People think I’m crazy. I say to him, ‘make sure I’m doing this right, give me a sign!’”

Given the late Hugh Wallace’s innate mischievousness, it’s not hard, somehow, to imagine the architect finding a way to “drop something from the ceiling” to let his friend know he’s completing the final episodes of The Great House Revival to Wallace’s satisfaction.