Eight fires a year, a monthly drum, and a pilgrimage or two. All online gatherings are free to members and recorded.
The dates below turn with the calendar, so what you see is always the next eight festivals. Online ceremonies are held at 7.00 pm Irish time on the evening of the festival, or on the nearest Sunday when the day falls midweek. Members receive the link in the letter before each one. Today is .
Half an hour of teaching for newcomers, then a shared intention, a twenty-minute drum journey and a round of sharing. Bring a blindfold, a blanket and a notebook. Upcoming dates:
Once or twice a year members walk together to one of the sacred places. These are small, slow, quiet gatherings: a dawn at a passage tomb, a day on a royal hill, a week on an island. They are organised by members, at cost, and announced in the letter. The two that recur most years are:
A vigil through the longest night and a dawn gathering in the Boyne valley for the solstice sunrise, followed by a day at Tara and Loughcrew.
The fire on the navel of Ireland, where tradition says the summer fires were first lit, and a walk to the Catstone at the meeting of the provinces.
Members who run local circles can have their public ceremonies and drum nights listed in the letter. Tell us about your circle and we will be in touch.
