JP McManus Pro-AM: 'Of course, you'd be a bit star-struck. You don’t see Hollywood stars here every day'

The welcome mat is rolled out in Adare and will offer an understated céad mile fáilte to the thousands who arrive Monday to watch golf’s biggest talents - and some A-list celebrities.

Portrait of incoming President of Irish Hotel Federation Elaina Fitzgerald Kane.

There is never such thing as a quiet summer’s day in Adare.

Even by mid-morning the car park at the rear of the village’s beautiful heritage centre is like an energised pit lane for gleaming tour buses.