MY interest in horses started from a very young age. My grandfather, Tom Tynan, was one of the founding members of the North Kilkenny Hunt, so there were horses in the yard since I was a toddler. The house I live in was a hotel in the 18th century and it was a stop too for the Charles Bianconi coaches. The coachyard still has stables from that time.

My grandfather and father both rode in point-to-points and the hunting horses were working horses on the farm during the week and then went on the hunt on Sunday.