Newgrange – Knowth – Hill of Tara – St Kieran’s Holy Well – Loughcrew – Four Knocks

Day Seven

We will visit Newgrange and Knowth passage tombs in the Boyne Valley.  Regarded as the most important prehistoric site in Ireland, Newgrange passage tomb was built so that at dawn on the Winter Solstice a narrow beam of sunlight illuminates the floor of the chamber at the end of the long passageway.  Over 5,000 years old, Newgrange has great Celtic mythological significance as a faery mound where the people of the Goddess Danu live.

The great mound at Knowth is larger in size than Newgrange and is surrounded by 18 smaller mounds.  It has two passages and wonderful stone carvings including those depicting lunar cycles.  Outside there is a reconstructed timber circle.  Both Newgrange and Knowth are World Heritage sites.

In the evening, we will have a group BBQ dinner at Teltown House.
 

Days Eight and Nine 

We will spend the next two days with our guest guides, well known Wiccans, Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone.  Janet and Gavin have been taking visitors to sacred sites in Ireland for years and, over the course of two days, will take us to many special places.  These include the Hill of Tara, formerly the seat of the ancient Kings of Ireland and site of the Stone of Destiny, St Kieran’s Holy Well and the passage tombs of Loughcrew and Four Knocks.  We will also visit some lesser known places connected to natural earth energies and sites of Spirit and Faery activity.

Janet will also give our group a talk about her Faery experiences.  It will certainly be a great privilege to have Janet and Gavin with us at these very special sacred places and to also facilitate rituals and meditations for us.  

Day Ten

After a leisurely breakfast, we will leave Teltown House for Dublin.  If the group wishes, we could visit Bective Abbey or Trim Castle before making our way south to Dublin.