Oh The Places We Will Go...
Northwest Ireland
Next Journey
July 9th - July 16th, 2024
Temple House
We will be spending our 7 nights in this estate manor. Two sisters per room (separate beds), with private bathroom.
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Our accommodations are a privately owned country mansion and rooms are all different. However even the smallest room is larger than a typical European hotel room, and each room has its own dedicated bathroom. We will assign rooms based on first come first serve, as well as individual needs.
Temple House, a luxury Country House in County Sligo, Ireland, is a classical Georgian manor set in a private estate of over 1,000 acres, overlooking a 13th-century lakeside castle of the Knights Templar.
Newgrange & Knowth
Newgrange is the best known Irish passage tomb and dates to c.3,200BC. It is believed to be associated with the people of the Goddess Danu, a race of super-natural beings who according to tradition ruled Ireland before the coming of the Celts and afterwards retreated into the fairy mounds and forts.
Healing Wells
Healing Wells are ancient places of power associated with local deities. Their healing properties have been in existence for thousands of years.
Fairy Glen
We will be visiting a mystical walled forest fairy glen, to invoke the fairies within this thinly veiled place.
Cliffs of Slieve League
Cliffs of Slieve League - The highest sea cliffs in Europe…. with a sheer drop of 2000 feet into the Atlantic ocean, Sliabh Liag Cliffs (Slieve League) are twice as high as the Cliffs of Moher. Standing on the top of the cliffs, it feels like you’re at the very magickal edge of the world.
Town of Donegal & Castle
We will take a road trip north, stopping in the beautiful town of Donegal. You will have a few hours to explore the town shops, one of the finest Gaelic castles in Ireland and pubs.
Strandhill
Strandhill - We travel west to the Irish Coast to the quant seaside town of Strandhill, where we will indulge in a Seaweed Bath in fully connect with the energies of the mythological creatures of the sea
Knocknarea
Maeve's Mountain. The grave of the legendary Queen Maeve, a manifestation of the Goddess Maeve. We will make the journey to the top of Maeve’s Mountain to make an offering to her grave.
Rathcroghan
We will visit the royal capital of Connacht, home of the Warrior Queen Medb (Maeve). This is also thought to be the resting place of the last Pagan King of Ireland. We will visit the Rath (hill) as well as the Cave of the Cats, thought to be the entrance of the Underworld, where the Morrigan emerges each Samhain to lead the wild hunt.
Knocknashee
to Knocknashee, also known as the Hill of the Fairies. The legend is that the Sidhe (pronounced Shee) retreated into the mounds to another dimension, or otherworld, and left the topside world for the humans. Some believe that these mounds are portals to that otherworld, and during the periods of time around Samhain and Beltaine the veil between these worlds is thin enough for contact with this magickal ancient race of beings.