Maria Conneely B.A MOD is co-owner of the South Aran Centre and at the Fisherman's Cottage Organic and Wild Café. She studied Shiatsu at the Irish School of Shiatsu and studied Macrobiotics in Belgium. She practiced the Taoist Healing Arts with Master Mantak Chia in Thailand. She is also an accredited Transformation Game Facilitator.
Maria is a Life Coach and NLP Master Practitioner.

Enda Conneely B.A. Mod. is a native of South Aran and co-owner of the South Aran Centre. He has wide ranging experience and qualifications in cooking related topics having studied medicinal cooking in Kiental, Switzerland, Taoist ideas on food in Mantak Chia's centre in Thailand and has qualified from the world famous Ballymaloe Cookery School as well as the Cordon Vert Vegetarian Cookery school in Manchester.

He has a keen interest in fishing and water sports and is a qualified powerboat instructor with the RYA.