“Around Bhride’s Garden”  details and booking.

Available from April until end of September,

Browse our “Two Worlds Theater” page
for vacations from November through to late February.
We do overseas touring during March and October

single days, short breaks,
inclusion into your Ireland vacation,
or we can arrange your full vacation. 

Guide and transport cost is only €50 per person per day,
and/or self drive arranged from €25 per car plus fuel 
Also  b&b accommodation, with broadband internet,
from only €27 per night.

Our guided visits to passage cairns, stone circles and sacred wells around counties, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Fermanagh, and Roscommon are a very popular inclusion in the itineraries of people visiting Ireland.

These are wonderful places of peace and tranquility, ideal for personal meditation and connection to a greater spirit.  Simply, here is space where you can soak in the fresh air and gentle sights and sounds of nature. The views from some of these sites, especially our local Carrowkeel, are amongst the most breathtaking views in Ireland.

We also take folks to wonderful places that introduce our ancient seasonal traditions that are still alive and celebrated in rural Ireland. This includes our own Celtic Ways centre in Co. Sligo .

We can include visits to our spectacular coastline with beautiful pristine beaches, and visits to small town craft shops and country workshops.

We can also arrange time for playing golf, horse riding, fishing and canoeing.

Sacred Sites we visit by request.

This is work in progress as I am in the middle of changing these pages to provide you with more valuable insights into our local wonders. Coming soon are more links with photos and video clips. May I invite you to subscribe to my news, using the top left box, as this will let you know when I update our presentations here.

• Carrowkeel Cairns,
  5500 year old megalithic passage cairns in more peaceful surroundings than Newgrange and Loughcrew situated on one of the most spectacular views in Ireland.
  
  
• Cheis Coarran caves,
  birthplace of Bhride, within the mountain of Morrigan, some believe the Arthurian legends actually started here and one of the inspirations for Lord Of The Rings
  
  
• Oweynagat caves,
  with entrance between the roots of a hawthorn and opening into a huge natural cathedral,amongst the Royal Court of Connaught, near the bullring of The Tain epic and closely linked to Queen Maeve
  
  
• Sacred Well of Vision,
  affiliated to Lady Saint Lazier, opposite the resting place of legendary blind harper Turlough O’Carolan, quite a paradox in a very beautiful place below Kilronan mountain
  
  
• Sidhe Beg Sidhe Mor,
  “fairy mounds, made famous by Turlough O’Carolan’s tune
  
  
• Shannon Pot,
  source of the River Shannon, and spirit of Shiannon that is said to have first fertilized Ireland, a beautiful peaceful place where our visitors fully relax
  
  
• Cavan’s Burren,
  gothic woodlands over burren rocks hiding mysterious megalithic dolmens, cairns and circles, where some travellers tell us they think they saw fairies 
  
  
• Janus Figure of Boa Island,
  hidden beside Lough Erne from where it was found, and part of an ancient tradition of “skull and crossbones” that dates back more than a thousand years before the Jolly Roger swashbucklers, and this sits beside a humble sheela na gig.
  
  
• Drumcliffe,
  once a monastic community site revived by Columcille monks from Iona, near the site of the Battle of The Books, bellow Ben Bulben and most famous as the resting place of poet W.B. Yeats
  
  
• Deerpark Court Cairn,
  a huge ancient ceremonial stone circle with remains of ajoining covered chambers, a very important ancient place and a huge favourite with our visitors.
  
  
• Lough na Sool,
  lake of the eye, Balor’s eye and a mysterious place linked to the De Dannan legends of Moytura and even the original Star Wars Trilogy
  
  
• Streedagh Beaches,
  beautiful quiet sandy beaches, home of ancient cairns and mysterious prehistoric fossils, spectacular views of Ben Bulben, where monks gathered to travel to Inishmurray Island.

Centers Of Tradition we visit by request

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• Celtic Ways, Co. Sligo
  Our thatched cottage ceili home, “Two Worlds” little theatre, Labyrinth Garden, and our eco-diner constructed with wood, hemp and lime. A`place to feel the Celtic Spirit, be inspired, connect to nature, become a shaman (no its not about power and magic!), a place to commence your journal and even become a bard.
  
  
• Brigit’s Garden, Co. Galway
  Beautiful introduction and presentation of the four Celtic Festivals of Imbolc (Brigid’s Day), Beltaine, Lunasa and Samhain and you can make your Brigid’s Cross here. Home of one of the best nutritional food cafes in Ireland including vegetarian, vegan and raw food. 
  
  
• Augh Killy Maude Men Of Straw, Co. Fermanagh
  Actually, not just men as many women are here too, but here we share an ancient tradition of folk drama that evolved from the rituals of ancient sites and even into the basic theme of Star Wars. This is a place for a fun day out to enjoy a complete spectrum of Irish traditions of drama, poetry.
  
  
• Hennigan’s Heritage, Co. Mayo
  Tom Hennigan combines his very entertaining storytelling with a complete presentation of the heritage of Ireland starting with a colourful presentation and description of life in his family cottage over 200 years, the truth about the famine, clearances and penal times, and a stirring presentation of stories about his collection of replicas and models from very ancient times until the present. Some say you’ll never understand Ireland unless you visit here.
  
  
• Glencolumcille Turas, Co. Donegal
  Sacred walking journey of 15 stations marked by ancient cairns, ancient carved standing stones, sacred wells and remains of chapels, later dedicated to Columcille, better known to many as St. Columba. At the end our travellers enjoy visiting the nearby restored 19^th century village, gaelic college and gift shop and share their walking experience at Biddy’s Bar while enjoying its almost non stop traditional music sessions.
  
  
• Coleman Traditional Music Centre, Co. Sligo
  Dedicated to fiddler Michael Coleman who’s fiddle music style not only became legendary across Ireland but also through the USA where it founded the bluegrass tradition. A great place for all traditional music with cds, easy to learn traditional instruments and music sessions. Nice gift shop
  
  
• Gilligan’s Fairy World, Co. Sligo
  A purely entertaining fantasy interpretation of the fairy traditions with fairy world sculpture blended with beautiful botanical gardens below the fairy mountain of Knocknashee, and there’s even a real ancient fairy fort here too
  
  
• Sligo Folk Park, Co. Sligo
  A vast outdoor museum that is relaxing to visit and explore with its huge collection of antique farm implements, restored cottage, restored forge, restored school, re-construction of an olden days village street, excellent craft shop and comfortable cafe.

Local Accommodation

This is also work in progress featuring our favourite local accommodation. You can book yourself online or we can do this for you, with no mark up or booking charge, and charge you a single package price.  

• Cromleach Lodge, Co. Sligo,
  Luxury four star hotel with one of the best hotel views in Ireland across the Moytura plateau, Bricklieve Mountains and the Carrowkeel Cairns, Cheis Coarran Morrigan’s Mountain, Knocknarea Maeve’s Mountain, and the surrealistic Lough arrow. Stunning dining and caring staff who do not hesitate to deal with any detail, plus spa facilities. Well worth paying a little extra to stay here to ensure a perfect vacation. 
  
  
• Royal Hotel, Boyle, Co. Roscommon,
  One of the few remaining 18^th century Coach Houses in Ireland that is currently being passionately restored rather than gutted and modernized. Very traditional in many ways, and being beside the Boyle River several residents even try their hand at fishing from their bedroom window or balcony. Popular because of its central location in a small town, if preferred to a quiet country location plus accommodation tarrifs are quite modest.  
  
  
• Markree Castle, Co. Sligo,
  Genuine Irish castle that has remained almost the same since its re-build from a previous medieval castle during the 1800s. Primarily a “fairy tale” wedding venue and when available outside of wedding dates normally charges quite high b&b rates. However, they do currently have one night only specials of only €49 a night that is well worth trying. A bit quirky but a lot of fun as its site and grounds are stacked with ancient history, legends, mythology and sighted ghosts (friendly ones).
  
  
• Keash Corran Cottage, Co. Sligo,
  Immediately below Cheis Coarran Caves and Morrigan’s Mountain, this truly Irish country cottage central to the heart to Irish mythology, provides intimate traditional bed and breakfast from only €27 per night, including free broadband internet connection. House has two resident cats, perfect for animal lovers but for allergy sufferers try the next option …..
  
  
• Lough Gara Lodge , Co. Sligo,
  Converted old cottage providing comfortable accommodation with stunningly helpful innkeepers, beside Lough Gara on the borderline of counties Sligo, Roscommon and Mayo. Within a small remote traditional village, local pub has weekend traditional music sessions, is quite handy for horse riding and canoeing too. Free broadband internet, several in house laptops hooked up in business center.

Pricing:

• guide, driver and transport €50 per person per day, includes admission to Celtic Ways
• or self drive arranged from €25 per day for car rental plus fuel  
• accommodation arranged at cost from €27 a night, no booking charge
• dining arranged at cost, evening meals from €20 each, no booking fees
• alternatively, good take outs available from under €10 per person
• good pic-nic lunches for under €10 per person 
• “centers of tradition” admission, usually €10 each person, each place
• activities arranged at cost, eg, golf, horse riding, fishing, canoeing
• convert to your currency at this link

How to travel to us:

• Fly into our nearby Knock Airport, highly recommended.
  Regular flights from all over UK,
  and connecting with international flights into London Gatwick.
  We will shuttle you from Knock
• Fly into Dublin
  and take our frequent comfortable trains
  from Dublin to Boyle, seats will be reserved,
  all seats include powerpoints for laptops and chargers,
  wide tables, onboard catering, and plenty of leg room.
• Full instructions when you book

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We look forward to you joining us.