Had an absolutely brilliant day at Fore, our tour guide Bartle D’Arcy from Directing Tourism was extremely knowledgeable and very friendly. The Tour lasted nearly three hours, we visited all Seven Wonders and also explored the massive ancient ring fort behind Fore Abbey. Fabulous, will definitely be back Here’s the photos I took of our visit.
Seven Wonders of Fore Photographs
Myself and some friends visited Chink well, traditionally believed to hold a cure for whooping cough and Uaimh na Sagairt, the cave where priests hid locally when Catholicism was banned in Ireland. Click here to see some photographs of our vist.
To celebrate the magical season from Halloween 31st October until Samhain 7th November all my guided meditation downloads are now available for only €2.00 each. Purchase here from Sacred Site’s online store.
Reviews of a Guided Meditation from the Hill of Tara
Reviews of a Guided Meditation from Uisneach
The annual Samhain Torchlit Procession and Celebration at Tlachtga, the Hill of Ward, Athboy takes place on Halloween night. Last year’s celebration was wonderful, with around 400 people taking part. Tlachtga is the home of the ancient Samhain fire, where what is now celebrated as Halloween worldwide originated, many many moons ago. The modern day event is the brainchild of local resident Joe Conlon who has been organising it for the last thirteen years. People attending gather at the faery ring in the Fairgreen in Athboy, Co. Meath at 7 pm and the torchlit procession leaves for Tlachtga at 7.30 pm, where Gemma McGowan and friends give a magnificent rendition of the story of the Goddess Tlachtga followed by refreshments provided by the Conlon family.
As this is an outdoor event taking place in the dark, please dress warmly and bring a torch. For further details check out the Facebook Event page.
Here’s some photographs I took at last year’s event. Tlachtga Photographs
We visited Fourknocks Passage Tomb, did some toning and channelling and recorded the atmospherics and took pictures. There was an unexplained sound showed up on the audio files and quite a few orbs in the pictures.
As part of the WDAR Radiothon this weekend, there will be a special two hour edition of Healing in Harmony on Saturday evening from 6pm to 8pm. Sinead Whyte will be reading and discussing a selection of Irish poetry, I will be reading some old Irish stories, interspersed with music by Irish artists and followed by my guided meditation from Uisneach. Listen live on wdar.ie
This year’s Féile Draíochta is on Saturday 5th October in the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin. Early Bird Tickets that give access to all the talks, workshops and marketplace are currently on sale for €20 via the Féile Draíochta website.
You can also get in contact with the organisers via their Facebook Event Page.
The OPW will have staff in attendance at Cairn T, Loughcrew on the mornings of September 20th, September 21st and September 22nd, From 7.15am until 8.30am for Autumn Equinox
Check out the Meath Tourism website for further details.
Unveiling of commemorative plaque on former home of WB Yeats, first Irish recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, by Mr Jimmy Deenihan, TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
26 September 2013 The link between 96 St Stephen’s Green and the Nobel laureate WB Yeats was commemorated today, when Mr Jimmy Deenihan, TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht unveiled a plaque on the house where Yeats once lived.
The erection of the plaque was initiated by, Dr Maureen Concannon, who has lived in No 96 for the past 30 years, and has paid for the plaque casting and all related expenses. Dr Concannon has long been concerned with the historical and heritage value of St Stephen’s Green. WB Yeats resided at the St Stephen’s Green Club (i.e. No 9 St Stephen’s Green), and also at No 73 and No 96. While No 73 St Stephen’s Green is no longer a residential property, Dr Concannon is anxious to highlight the Yeats’ association with St Stephen’s Green by unveiling a plaque at No 96.
It was the National Library of Ireland’s award-winning Yeats exhibition which brought the link between No 96 St Stephen’s Green and Yeats to light. A visitor spotted the reference to No 96 St Stephen’s Green in the exhibition text, and then shared this information with Dr Concannon. The exhibition, which celebrates Yeats’ life and works, recognizes Yeats’ association with St Stephen’s Green as one element of his important links with Dublin city.
During 1918, the poet and his new wife George Hyde-Lees moved into Maud Gonne’s house at No 73 St Stephen’s Green, at Maud Gonne’s invitation. She herself was in Holloway Prison in London for anti-war activities, but late in the year she arrived illegally in Dublin, having been conditionally released from Holloway. She made her way straight to No 73, but Yeats turned her away, citing two reasons. First, because nursing staff were in residence, looking after his heavily pregnant wife, there was no room in the house – even for him. Second, as his wife was also seriously ill, he could not place her at further risk, in the event of a raid by authorities in search of Maud Gonne.
Following this confrontation, Yeats and his wife could no longer stay under Maud Gonne’s roof. The household moved further down the Green to lodgings at No 96 which they left on 22 February 1919. Four days later, Yeats’ first child, Anne Butler Yeats, was born.
During the time Yeats lived in No 96, he worked actively at the Abbey Theatre, and was also busy writing poetry.
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