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Zoe Holohan

Irish survivor and bestselling author who lost her husband Brian in the 2018 Mati wildfire tragedy while on their honeymoon, now a motivational speaker and mental health advocate.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Jul 20, 2026

Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige

Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige

Zoe Holohan : Honeymoon tragedy (revisit)

Jul 20 · 1h 17m

Síle SeoigeHOST

30:24

Yeah.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

30:24

It burnt your nostrils, it burnt your throat, it burnt your lungs.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

30:27

You could feel it.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

30:28

It was like swallowing acid.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

30:30

So we were kind of almost saving our breath as much as we could.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

30:34

Um, I asked Brian to promise that, um, we'd make it, uh, which was kind of childish.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

30:45

It was an impossible promise to ask of him, but you know, Brian never lied to me, so I reckoned if he promised, then we'd be okay.

5 MINS LATER

Síle SeoigeHOST

36:10

Oh.

Real Survival Stories

Real Survival Stories

Tragedy in Greece: Honeymoon in Flames

Jun 10 · 51m

John HopkinsHOST

41:31

In time, she writes a book about her experiences, partly as a way of trying to process what she's been through.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

41:38

First of all, it was without a doubt a love letter to Brian.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

41:42

I felt it was part of his legacy I wanted to explain to the world what a good man we'd lost.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

41:49

It was without a doubt also a love letter to my father, Colm.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

41:51

He was an artist.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

41:52

He wa- he was the most beautiful soul.

Zoe HolohanGUEST

41:55

He taught me how to see beauty everywhere.

John HopkinsHOST

44:17

It is a phoenix-like story of recovery.