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💥 PART 2: May 1 - 10, 2026
The 2nd week we'll travel in these counties:
Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Westmeath, Meath & Dublin.
We'll explore & experience these ancient sites & modern cities:
CLIFFS OF MOHRER
are one of Ireland's most spectacular sights.
Standing over 750 ft. above the ground at their highest point and almost 5 miles long,
the Cliffs boast one of the most amazing views in Ireland
THE BURREN NATIONAL PARK
THE BURREN, a unique are of the park composed of limestone pavements,
which have been eroded to a distinctive pattern.
POULNABROUNE DOLMEN,
a Neolithic (3,800 - 3,600 BCE) portal tomb
among the most famous landmarks in the Burren.
GALWAY:
Free Day to explore on your own.The city is famous for its lively center!
Visit the Claddagh Ring Museum and the Galway City Museum.
Stroll along Salthill Promenade.
If you want to take in some evening entertainment, book at the Druid Theatre
OR
The Evening Performance of Trad On the Prom,
Ireland’s No 1 Irish Music, Song and Dance Experience with a Contemporary Kick!
CONNEMARA NATIONAL PARK,
a vast peninsula bordered by the arid and rocky coastline of Galway Bay,
is a land of lakes and rivers, bogs and mountains,
with many small villages with stone walls and thatched cottages.
It's without a doubt the wildest and the most romantic part of Ireland!
SLIGO
Free time to explore some of the city on your own!
The 13th-century Sligo Abbey, the Yeats statue and St. John's Cathedral
Hyde Bridge Gallery, which highlight the town's rich connection to art and literature.
Enjoy a light group Lunch with the group at the café at the Yeats Society Center,
dedicated to W.B YEATS, one of the most influential 20th-century Irish poets.
Then we're off for an afternoon of exploration with my longtime friend Edward,
a Druid, Poet and Author who lives in the area.
CREEVYKEEL COURT TOMB, (photo above)
one of the finest full-court tombs in the country.
A complex multi-epoch and multi-purpose structure,
with its earliest parts dating from the Late Neolithic (c. 2500 BCE).
I'll lead a Group Meditation and Edward will share the Irish legend
of Diarmuid and Grainne with us.
GLEANCAR WATERFALL, at 50 ft.
though not the largest waterfall in Ireland, is one of the most beautiful!
Glencar Waterfall was the inspiration for W.B. Yeats' 1889 poem, "The Stolen Child," which uses the waterfall's landscape as the setting for a supernatural invitation
from fairies luring a child away from the human world into their mystical realm.
Edward will share a short poetry reading of this famous poem with us.
CARROWMORE MEGALITHIC CEMETARY,
Ireland’s oldest megalithic tombs set in a dramatic neolithic landscape.
HILL OF TARA, the Mother Womb of Ireland!
It was the ancient seat of power, where 142 kings are said
to have reigned there in prehistoric and historic times.
DUBLIN
Free Day to explore the city on your own! Suggestions to be provided on our website.
OR Meet with Andrea and Sean P. McCabe,
a lifelong Dubliner, who will be the
Featured Speaker & Meditation Facilitator for our
Sacred Sites Journeys Sacred Initiatory Journey to EGYPT,
which we've rescheduled to February 2027. (See below.)
We invite you to receive Initiation into The Fellowship of Isis (FOI)
and/or The Temple of the Golden Serpent Mystery School (TOGS)
Andrea has been a member of The Fellowship of Isis for many years.
Sean, also a member for many years, was mentored, ordained and Knighted
by FOI Founder Lady Olivia Robertson (who trace their ancestry back to the kings of Scotland and Egypt) with the honour of Knight Commander of the Noble Order of Tara.
In the Fellowship of Isis Sean runs an esoteric sister Centre - a Lyseum called The Goddess of the Golden Morn, chartered in 1983. Information about these auspicious initiations to be provided on our website.
NEWGRANGE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
(Photo Above)
Newgrange, a Stone Age or Neolithic era (around 3200 BCE) monument
in the Boyne Valley, which is the jewel in the crown of Ireland's Ancient East.
Knowth is another Neolithic era large passage tomb surrounded by 17 smaller tombs.
A FULL DAY in KILDARE!
Sean P. McCabe will be joining us today to share information
about the pagan Goddess Bridget, as well as Celtic Spirituality in general.
Solas Bride Center and the Sisters of Bridget,
a small Christian Center for Celtic Spirituality in the spirit of Brigid of Kildare
Cathedral Church of St. Brigid,
originally a Christian church onsite from the end of the 5th century
and replaced today by a a restored Norman cathedral dating from 1223 CE,
both on the site of a pagan shrine to the goddess Brigid.
Inside the church we find a Sheela-na-gig carving,
an ancient symbol of woman's freedom and creativity.
St. Brigid's Fire Temple, dedicated to the most significant woman
of early Christian Ireland, or perhaps her pagan namesake.
I'll lead a Group Meditation to connect with Bridget.
Kildare Round Tower, dates to the 12th century.
At over 100 ft. tall, it's the second highest in Ireland,
and the highest one that can be climbed inside.
Bridget’s Well, a mystical place of veneration for this pagan goddess.
You can still sense that the area has been "special" to many people for ages!
Sean will lead a ritual/meditation to honor Bridget.
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