Felicity Hayes-McCoy from Dublin has had a successful career as a writer, working in music, theatre, radio, television and digital media. She shares her interests in design, the environment, folklore and the Irish language with her husband, the English opera director Wilf Judd. In 2002 they bought and restored a house in Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland's Dingle peninsula. They now live and work there and in London. Her published works include stories for children and a memoir The House on an Irish Hillside (2012).