Sacred Journeys - Ireland
In Search of the
Sacred through the Many Faces of the Goddess
Stay tuned for 2007 info! Depending on interest, we may, or may not be offering
Ireland again in 2007. We are looking at possibly a "Wise Woman's Pilgrimage".
Anyone interested?!!
Tour Leaders: Amantha Murphy, Celtic Shamaness, is our Celtic and Shamanic guide throughout the journey. Her teachings have come from her ancestral teachers, her Grandmother and the land Herself. Amantha's focus is very much on Sacred Ceremony, the Celtic Wheel and Rites of Passage. Terri O’Hara is a professional Animal Communicator. She has incorporated Irish traditions into her life since childhood, and practices Celtic and Pagan spirituality within her personal and professional life. Her love of animals and the deep, open connection she treasures with all beings is reinforced by the Irish ways of honoring all life. Learn more about Amantha & Terri on our About Your Tour Leader page.
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Tour Description
Join our journey of inner and outer exploration through the Landscape of the Heart!
Come in sacredness to the
sacred center of Eiru, the Emerald Isle, where She still calls Her children
home. Follow the footsteps of the Goddesses to celebrate and honor Her in Her
sacred places.
Journey to the Maiden, Mother
and Crone. Face the Dark Goddess and dance with the Wild
Spirit within
us all!
At the following places during our Sacred Pilgrimage we will honor these aspects of the Goddess:
Limerick - Aine the Sun Maiden
Kerry - Anu, the Great Mother
West Cork - Cailleach, the Crone of Ireland
Kildare - Bridget, “'Mary of the Gauls”, the Triple Goddess
Meath, the royal center of Ireland - Tlachtga the Dark Goddess
Westmeath - Home of Eiru Herself
Burren - A place of the underworld and the Ancient Ones
What is a pilgrimage?
A Pilgrimage is the inner calling. It is often the answer to that inner longing which ever draws you forth upon your journey. It is both a spiritual and physical journey, sometimes moving in silence and sometimes dancing in ecstasy. A place where the mundane melts into the fullness of the divine. On this Pilgrimage we will walk in reverence and awareness of Her sacred nature - finding ourselves through Her and finding Her within ourselves. We will move into rituals and ceremonies as She calls unto us
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About your Tour Leader:
Amantha Murphy is our Celtic and Shamanic guide throughout the journey.
"I grew up spending my summers here in Kerry with my grandmother, a midwife and healer, who opened my awareness from an early age to the essence of the Mother, the Land and Her Nature. I work primarily with the presence of the Grandmothers and the Way of the Sidhe, our Shining Ones, the Tuatha De Danann." - Amantha Murphy
Amantha started her spiritual work publicly 32 years ago as a clairvoyant and moved on to trance mediumship. She developed many tools along the Way with her spirit and ancestral teachers guiding her, she works with both individuals and groups, at home and internationally.
Amantha's teachings have come from her ancestral teachers, her Grandmother and the land Herself. Amantha's focus is very much on Sacred Ceremony, the Celtic Wheel and Rites of Passage.
Amantha is a Mother and Grandmother and lives in Kerry, Ireland with her two children and grandchildren. She facilitates a meditation group, woman's group and ongoing shamanic groups.
Terri O’Hara has been communicating with animals all of her life. As a child, her abilities to understand communication from animals were considered a “creative imagination”. As Terri became an adult, she realized that her abilities to “hear” the animals were not imagination but very real. However, serving as her own best critic, she thought this was far fetched and did not pursue her gift for many years.
Terri O’Hara has now been a professional Animal Communicator for ten years and has helped thousands of people and their animal companions nationally and internationally. She works with dogs, cats, horses, hedgehogs, and many other domestic animals. Her services include intuitive readings and counseling for people and their animal companions. Sessions are conducted in person or over the telephone. She also provides workshops on how to improve communication with your personal animal friends, teaching children to honor their wisdom with animals, and also offers educational presentations to veterinary offices, animal organizations and various groups.
Terri is an Irish-American who truly identifies with her Irish heritage. Her cultural lineage goes back to Ireland on both sides of her family. She has incorporated Irish traditions into her life since childhood, and practices Celtic and Pagan spirituality within her personal and professional life. Her love of animals and the deep, open connection she treasures with all beings is reinforced by the Irish ways of honoring all life.
Terri lives in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, Colorado with her three dogs, two cats, and a rabbit.
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Tour Summary
Day 1 Depart your home city
Day 2 Arrive Shannon/To Killarney
Day 3 Killarney
Day 4 Killarney
Day 5 To Navan
Day 6 Navan
Day 7 To Ballyvaughn
Day 8 Ballyvaughn
Day 9 Ballyvaughn
Day 10 Return to your home city
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Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 - Fri, Jul 7: Depart your home city
Depart your home city on your international flight to Ireland. In flight overnight.
Day 2 - Sat, Jul 8: Arrive Ireland, Grange Stone Circle, Bridget’s Well (L/D)
Arrive Shannon in the morning. Clear Immigration, Baggage Claim and Customs and meet Amantha Murphy, our Guide. Transfer via motor coach to the Grange stone circle for our Opening Ceremony to connect with Aine, the Sun Maiden Goddess. Continue to lunch at a local B&B. After lunch we visit Bridget’s Well for our first blessings of the holy waters. Continue to our hotel. Check in. Enjoy our “Welcome to Ireland” Dinner at the hotel. Overnight Killarney
Day 3 - Sun, Jul 9: Paps of Anu, Sacred Well, Sheela-Na-Gig, & Seven Sisters Stone Circle (B/D)
Depart after breakfast to the Paps of Anu, the home of Anu the great Mother Goddess; the 'Paps', two mountains shaped like her breasts, are where the Shining Ones lived. Continue to Ballyvourney, to an ancient Well of Pilgrimage for a blessing with the waters. Continue to visit the Sheela-na-gig, an ancient symbol of woman's freedom and creativity. These ancient Goddess figures are abundant in Ireland; there are over 70 known Sheela images. These pagan images were incorporated by many early Irish churches as a way of "accommodating" what could not be eliminated, and appear on church & monastic ruins. Here we will have time for meditation and communion with this feminine guardian of the sacred life forces. Lunch on your own at The Mill Inn. If time permits, our last stop today will be at the Seven Sisters Stone Circle, dedicated to the Grandmothers. Return to Group Dinner. Overnight Killarney
Day 4 - Mon, Jul 10: Animal Communication, Optional Seaweed Baths (B/L)
This morning we have some time with Terri O’Hara. She will share with us her wonderful gift of communicating with animals while helping everyone learn to connect on a deeper level with various animals at a local farm. Lunch, followed by optional seaweed baths in the afternoon in Ballybunion on the beach. Or time to walk on the beach and swim, weather permitting. Return to the hotel. Free time. Dinner on your own. Overnight Killarney
Day 5 - Tue, Jul 11: Home of Bridget (B/D)
Our morning departure is upland to Kildare, the home of Bridget and the Sisters of Bridget, where Bridget the Goddess and Bridget the Saint blend together and the Sisters now again hold Her flame that burned for hundreds of years, just as the priestesses of old kept it lit in the temple. The fire temple is still there, as is Bridget's original sacred well. We spend the day with the Sisters and honor Bridget. Later we check into our accommodations in Navan. Group dinner. Overnight Navan.
Day 6 - Wed, Jul 12: Hill of Tara, Hill of
Ward, Wise Woman Cave (B/D)
In the morning we depart to the Hill of Tara, the royal center of Ireland
which represents the mother womb of Ireland. The High King of Ireland was
crowned here for millennia; it is said the "stones roared" when the He was
accepted. Lunch on your own. Then we continue to the Hill of Ward, home
of Tlachtga, one of the most powerful druid priestesses in Ireland. The site is
also known as the 'Druids' Hill.
We continue to Loughcrew, seat of The Hag, where there are many cairns,
or caves, the largest dedicated to The Hag, or The Wise Woman. The cairn is
encircled by 37 large kerbstones, one 10 ft by 6 ft, shaped like a throne or
ceremonial seat, and known as the Hag's Seat. At the entrance there are stones
intricately carved with patterns thousands of years old. Return to our
accommodations for our group dinner. Overnight Navan.
Day 7 - Thu, Jul 13: Uisneach, to Ballyvaughn
(B/D)
Depart this morning to Uisneach, the sacred center of Ireland, dedicated
to Eiru, and known as the 'midi' or the fifth province, the place between the
worlds. The clans used to converge here at Beltaine to arrange hand-fastings and
deals, before Tara became the royal seat. Up until the middle of the 18th
century there was a road directly linking Uisneach and Tara. It was at Uisneach
that the Earls swore to return when they had to flee the wrath of Cromwell, and
it was at Uisneach that the Irish flag was at last held aloft and the land was
re-named Eire in honor of Eiru in the 1920's.
Arrive late afternoon/early evening in County Clare, where we will stay for our
last three nights. Group dinner. Overnight Ballyvaughn.
Day 8 - Fri, Jul 14: The Cliffs of Moher and Animal Communication (B)
We start at the O'Brien Castle and
walk up to the cliffs, where the land meets the wild ocean and constantly 'dance
with each other'. The cliffs are home to hundreds of nestling birds. A
magnificent place. In the afternoon, Terri O’Hara will open your senses to the
animals and help you begin to learn the spiritual messages being shared by
animals.
Return to the hotel. Dinner on your own.
Overnight Ballyvaughn.
Day 9 - Sat, Jul 15: The Burren, Farewell
Dinner (B/D)
We depart today to visit The Burren, dedicated to the Crone, where we will have
an opportunity to visit Teergonean Court cairn, the Poulnabrone Dolman,
Gleninsheen Wedge and Bridget's Well. Return to the hotel.
Farewell Dinner. Overnight Ballyvaughn.
Day 10 - Sun, Jul 16: Return to your home city (B)
Early morning departure to the airport to connect with your late morning or early afternoon international flight home. Arrive same day.
Note: This itinerary is subject to change due to conditions beyond our control.
B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner
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Tour Inclusions & Price
Tour Includes:
Accommodations in charming 3 star Irish hotels or B & B’s
All accommodations, taxes and services charges
Breakfast daily; lunches and dinners as per itinerary
Sightseeing as per itinerary
All entrance fees into sites
Motor coach transportation throughout
Escorted throughout
Added Features:
Travel with Celtic Shamaness guide Amantha Murphy, Animal Communicator speaker Terri O’Hara, and other like-minded people.
Energetic attunements, storytelling, and music along the way with Amantha Murphy
Learn basics of Animal Communication and Spirituality with Terri O’Hara
Visits to sacred stone circles, wells, caves, hills and more for ceremony and meditation
Optional relaxing seaweed bath
Special Welcome Dinner
Tour does not include:
International Airfare/departure taxes (ask us for a quote from your home city)
Cancellation & Medical Insurance (ask us for a quote)
Meals not included, as indicated in the itinerary
Cost to obtain valid passport
Any items of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks and telephone calls. Any item that is not specifically detailed on our web site or in the final trip itinerary
Tour Price Per Person (Land Only) Single Supplement Gratuities
USD $2899.00
USD $849.00
USD $100.00
Note: Pre-paid gratuities to
cover guides, drivers, waiters, baggage handling, etc. Your Tour Escort will
carry and disburse these funds so that you can relax and enjoy your trip,
knowing that everyone assisting you is being taken care of properly.
Note: The single supplement is ONLY for those who would like to secure a
private room throughout the tour, at the indicated additional price. If you are
not traveling with anyone you know and would like to share a room, we will be
happy to work to find you a suitable roommate. Per our Terms and Conditions,
registration for the tour will be held open until two weeks before the departure
date in order to try to match everyone with a roommate. If by that date we have
not been able to match you with a suitable roommate, you will be responsible to
pay for the single supplement. An early registration will facilitate this
process.
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