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John Brennan: 'Places like Disney greet people but it's plastic. The Irish welcome is natural'

From the Guinness Storehouse to Emerald Park, Jillian Bolger meets the people whose job it is to give tourists that special Irish welcome — including Francis and John Brennan, as they savour what could be their final summer at the Park Hotel
John Brennan: 'Places like Disney greet people but it's plastic. The Irish welcome is natural'

Brothers John and Francis Brennan at the Park Hotel Kenmare. Picture: Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD

John and Francis Brennan, Park Hotel Kenmare

“The Irish welcome is a natural welcome. It’s not a taught welcome,” posits John Brennan from The Park Kenmare, one of the two Kerry hotels he runs with his brother, Francis. 

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