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Irish Lore, Song & Spirit

Temple House Retreat... a week-long immersion in Irish-Celtic lore, mythology, music, and mysteries in the heart of Ireland's Grail mysteries.

~ July 11 - 18, 2024 ~
2nd annual

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We have rented the entire 1,100-acre estate for the week of July 11-18, 2024.

We are going to play, pray, sing, share stories, and practice yoga & qigong, while receiving lovely

visits from Irish seanchaí, healers, poets, musicians, bards, and so much more.

Do you wanna play?!

Facilitators

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Solas Geal na hEireann

-Grove of the Light of Erin-

Samuel Brett

-Shanakee, Sligo, Ireland-

Jeremy Schewe

-Creative Director-

And more:

John "the Bard" Whitaker - ogham lore & poetry

Claire Roche - Celtic harp & songs

Sinead de Burca - Celtic sound bath

Catmelodeon - Trad music

Tírnan O'Rourke - Soulful songs of the selkies

And more to be announced soon!

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Irish Grail Illumination Ceremony 

in the ancient beech grove fairy dun on the Temple House estate

 

Come celebrate our second annual retreat at Temple House. The Grove of the Light of Erin is happy to welcome you to join us for a week in Ireland for a deep immersion in the lore of Ireland and her people at Temple House - an 1,100-acre sanctuary of ancient forests, fairy mounds, a Knights Templar castle, a private lake, walled gardens, wetlands, rivers, ruins, and miles of meandering forested trails.​

Temple House stewards the crossroads of multiple lay lines and was home to the Knights Templar as their westernmost European outpost.  In continuum, the Perceval family has been stewarding Temple House for nearly 400 years.  The estate sits at the center of the ancient cauldron and grail mysteries of Ireland near Sligo, which is also the oldest human-inhabited area in Ireland. 

 

We are renting the entire house and estate for this immersion.  We are welcoming up to 22 amazing souls to join us at Temple House.  Feeling the timeless call of the Light of Erin and the deep mysteries of Ireland? Join us in July 11-18, 2024! 

Also consider joining us for the pilgrimage walk from Rath Cruachain to Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday!  The optional pilgrim walk is 100 miles and will begin after this retreat (July 20 - July 28).

 

At Temple House, we will not only hear more from local seanchaí, or lore keepers, and musicians, but we will also experience directly via pilgrimage into the sacred landscape, learn/share songs/stories, participate in ritual, dive into the Summerlands via pathworkings/meditations, listen to the land, and oh so much more!

 

We will share in morning experiences together in the Great Hall, including qigong, yoga, dance, and breathwork.  Afternoons will be either free, or with optional day trips onsite or to regional sacred sites such as Ben Bulben, Carrowkeel, Knocknarea, Hill of Kesh, Knocknashee, and others (to be updated soon).  Other options for afternoon free time include wondering the estate, signing up for a massage or healing arts session from one of the members of the Grove of the Light of Erin, taking a rowboat out on Templehouse Lake, or participating in short immersion workshops such as ogham-tree identification or traditional crafts.

 

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Céad míle fáilte mo rúnsearc!

July 11-18, 2024

1-week immersion in the Irish-Celtic mysteries

Infusion w/ Trad musicians, seanchaí, healers, crafters, and more

Cost: $3,250.00

if $500.00 deposit is received before March 31, 2024

$3,500.00 if deposit received after March 31, 2024

Additional $900.00 for a single room (when still available)

Price Includes:

Transportation to and from Dublin Airport to Temple House

Shared accommodations (single rooms +$900)

Rooms will be assigned on first come, first served basis

Twin and Double/Queen/King beds available

All bedrooms are ensuite (except one)

All breakfasts at Temple House

5 dinners/5 lunches at Temple House

Two off-site visits to regional sacred sites

Céilí dance with Trad musicians

Evenings of story telling with seanchaí

Celtic sound bath and journey

Evening of Irish poetry and Celtic harp concert

Chanting & singing by the hearth

Ecstatic dance

Massage and healing (extra cost)

Woad dyeing homemade nettle clothing

Morning qigong/yoga/dance, pathworking meditations, writing

3 afternoons free

Deposit Only
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