Ciaran Kinney

• B.Ed(Hons) Geography and Physical Education
• M. Ed
• PQH(NI)
• Mountain Leader
• Rock Climbing Instructor
• Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor.
• Rescue Emergency Care Trainer
• Wilderness EMT
• Canoe / Kayak Coach
• Cliff / Water / Search Technician.

I am a highly qualified and experienced outdoor instructor and enthusiast with over twenty-five years working in instruction and education. I have extensive international travel and expedition experience in Nepal, Pakistan, North Africa, the Alps, and throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. I have proven ability to work as part of a team with a number of organisations at home and abroad and I have over twenty years working in emergency care with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as a Rescue Technician and regularly work with Mountain Rescue and other emergency services. I have travelled extensively in South East Asia, the Mid West and Southern United States and the Indian Subcontinent. I enjoy learning about and meeting people from different countries and cultures and see work with Wilderness Ireland as a way to further engage in that passion and show travellers around Ireland.

I have been very fortunate to travel to many amazing countries and spend time there getting to know people, cultures and customs. I completed my Masters Degree at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and lived in Louisiana for a number of years where I enjoyed good southern hospitality, food and music. I was fortunate to meet many amazing people during my time there. I then went to work with a Non-Governmental Organisation in Bangladesh for a year which was an experience that has certainly shaped me today. After leaving Bangladesh I moved to Thailand and lived there for a number of years working in environmental education and travelling throughout the country. I then moved to Nepal and spent time working for a number of NGO’s in Kathmandu and the Solu Khumbu whilst also climbing and mountaineering. I helped lead several expeditions to Pakistan and even Afghanistan before moving on to Japan and then home. Since I have been home I have settled on the North Coast to raise a family – probably the biggest adventure yet!