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Howya?
As I seem to say way too frequently these days.
I’m Kevin, the guy behind BHÍOS, and the person you’ll be dealing with if you ever get in touch about a piece.
I’m an Irishman living in Australia, running BHÍOS in a fairly unconventional... very 2026 kind of way. I’m currently living in rural Queensland, where I’m a stay-at-home dad to our baby girl by day, and BHÍOS tends to happen after bedtime here, while most of my customers are starting their day in Ireland, the UK or America.
Me, “the golfer”
Not sure I can even call myself that with how badly I’m hitting it these days.
I think we all have our introduction-to-golf story, and mine started well before I can remember. It’s very much in the blood.
My grandparents were founding members of our home club, Mallow Golf Club. My mother was an international golfer and has somehow managed to play off 4 or lower for about 45 years and counting. My dad... well, he tries to play too. God bless him.
My brothers and I were basically raised there. Winters on the range, summers on the course from dawn until dusk. I’m halfway around the world now, but I’d love to end up back involved in Mallow again one day.
So, where did the idea actually come from?
It started as a list of courses for myself: where I’d played, and where I wanted to go next.
I was going through Irish Golfer’s Top 100 rankings one evening before a trip, having the conversation every golfer has with themselves.
Played that. Must go there. Still need to play that one.
So I started keeping a list on my phone. Just for me. Nothing more than that. It sat there for years before it ever became a business, or before I thought anyone else might want one.
Turns out most golfers are keeping exactly the same list in their head. I just happened to be the one daft enough to try and build something out of it.
The first logo concept I designed...
And why “BHÍOS”?
It’s pronounced VEE-uss, in case you’ve been wondering. You’re not the first.
I went to an Irish-speaking school and later “studied” Irish at university, although studied is probably doing a bit of heavy lifting there. I’ve always loved the Irish language.
The name really came from the original idea itself. The whole point was to create something you could mark as you played each course.
Every time you put a stamp on one, you’re effectively saying: I was there.
And bhíos means “I was.”
Once that clicked, the name was pretty much decided.
What did that actually turn into?
Basically, a way of putting your golf in one place.
At its simplest, the idea is to put your golf in one place. The courses you’ve played, the ones tied to a trip or a person, and the ones still sitting on the list.
Some pieces have five courses. Some have fifty. Some are about a lifetime of golf, others are about one trip. There isn’t really a right number.
The point is just to make something that feels like yours, and gives you somewhere else to go next.
And what’s with the stamp?
Probably the simplest bit of the whole idea.
The bucket-list pieces come with a BHÍOS stamp. When you play another course, you stamp it yourself.
That’s it, really. One small mark to say: I was there.
I like that the piece isn’t finished the day it arrives. It keeps changing as you play more, and every empty space is a very good excuse to book the next one.
How does it all get made?
I do the designing. Proper framers take it from there.
Every piece is made to order. I design it here in Queensland, then our production partners in Cork and Georgia take it from a file on my screen to the finished thing on your wall.
The artwork is giclée printed on archival fine-art paper and the frames are handmade. We have standard sizes because they make things easier, but they aren’t hard limits. If something needs to be bigger, smaller or built around something unusual, we can usually make it work.
It’s a slightly unusual setup, but it means I can still personally work on every design while people who know far more about printing and framing than I do make sure the finished piece is done properly.
What can you put on it?
Pretty much anything that matters to the person it’s for.
Names, dates, scores, courses, personal messages, club crests or company marks where appropriate, and the odd stupid little joke that would mean absolutely nothing to anyone else.
If it matters to the person it’s for, we can normally find a way to work it in without making the whole thing feel crowded.
That’s probably the bit I enjoy most. The same basic piece can end up meaning something completely different depending on who it’s for.
Start with the person, the place or the occasion.
You do not need to have it all figured out. A few details will do.
Tell Kevin what you’re marking