Drives out to Howth Head with a member of religious order (7)
I believe the answer is:
dervish
'member of religious order' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'drives out to howth head' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'head' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'howth' is 'h'.
'drives' with letters rearranged gives 'dervis'.
'dervis'+'h'='DERVISH'
'with a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dervish that I've seen before include "See 8" , "Religious adherent" , "Muslim ascetic, maybe dancing" , "One of a Muslim sect (usually whirling!)" , "Muslim noted for frenzied dancing" .)