NIAMH McNamara is from Mungret, Co. Limerick where she grew up in a busy racing household. The University of Limerick graduate in Equine Science is currently working in accounts and marketing in Macro Stainless, a Limerick based stainless steel stockholder company. Niamh is the niece of retired professional jump jockey Ron Barry and she learned everything she knows in terms of racing from his younger brother Niall Barry. Her father also had horses in training with Dessie Hughes and these would have been the first racehorses she ever rode.

First-hand experience