Sacred Steps
A Samhain Ancestral Pilgrimage
7 Day Retreat
The Kingdom Of Kerry
Ireland
October 27th -November 2nd 2026
A Journey through the Kingdom that is Kerry to bring healing and resolution to our own lineages whilst tracing the paths and the steps of Fionn and the Fianna , Oisin and Niamh ,Duirmuid and Grainne whilst connecing with the Sidhe and the portals of the Otherworld
An Invitation
At the edge of the year,
when the light thins
and the world turns inward,
we gather.
Sacred Steps is a seven-day pilgrimage into the ancestral heart of Ireland —
held in the wild, elemental landscapes of County Kerry, where mountains rise like memory and the Atlantic breathes against the land.
We arrive at Samhain, the ancient Celtic threshold —
the doorway between harvest and winter,
between the living and the dead,
between who we have been and who we are becoming.
This is the time when the veils are at their thinnest.
When the ancestors draw close.
When the land remembers us.
Darkness • Silence • The Cailleach
This journey is guided by the wisdom of the dark.
By The Cailleach — ancient hag goddess of stone, winter, and deep time.
She is the keeper of thresholds, the shaper of mountains, the grandmother of this land.
She teaches us how to rest in the unknown,
how to listen beneath words,
how to let the old fall away.
Here, darkness is not something to fear.
It is a womb.
A remembering.
Home in the Old Ways
We dwell simply —
in stone cottages,
with turf fires burning,
looking out toward the wild Atlantic.
Time slows.
Stories surface.
Silence becomes a companion.
This is a return to an older rhythm —
where the hearth is central,
where land and lineage are inseparable,
where belonging is felt in the body.
We journey through untouched sacred landscapes, chosen carefully for their privacy, power, and minimal public traffic — places where the land still speaks clearly.
The Land That Holds the Mothers
The Paps of Anu & The City of Shrone
We walk in pilgrimage to the Paps of Anu — twin breast-shaped mountains rising from the Kerry landscape, named for Danu (Anu), the Great Mother of Ireland, source of abundance, fertility, and life itself.
These are among the oldest sacred mountains in the country —
a landscape of devotion long before written history.
At their feet lies The City of Shrone, an ancient ceremonial place of standing stones, cairns, and pathways — where the Earth was honoured as mother, and the feminine was central.
Here, we walk softly.
Listening.
Remembering what it means to belong to the land.
Where Myth Still Walks.
We return to the Great Mother.
We join together in a special ceremony around our relationship with our own mother and our grandmother and explore our maternal line through the land as we ascend The Paps.
Land of Fionn mac Cumhaill & the Fianna
Coomasaharn Lake & the Seat of Fionn
High in the Kerry mountains lies Coomasaharn Lake, a place wrapped in mist and story.
This was once the hunting ground of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fianna — warriors, poets, guardians of Ireland.
Nearby rises Seefin Mountain — Suí Finn — the Seat of Fionn.
A place of vision and watchfulness.
Ancient rock art lies etched into stone near the lake — spirals and markings left by hands who understood time differently.
We walk here with a local guide, letting story, land, and body speak together.
Our time here at this stunning ,raw ,untouched place will be an experiential shamanic journey with the land itself.
The energy of these quiet places and the beauty of the rugged landscape is medicine in itself.
Bealach Óisín — Oisín’s Pass
Threshold Between Worlds
We pass through Bealach Óisín, named for Oisín, warrior-poet son of Fionn.
Oisín travelled to Tír na nÓg, the Land of Eternal Youth, with the fairy woman Niamh, but upon returning to Ireland centuries later, he was warned never to touch the soil. At this pass, leaning from his white horse to help others, his stirrup broke — and when he touched the earth, time rushed into him, and he became an old man in an instant.
This place holds the myth of belonging, loss, memory, and time — a powerful threshold mirroring Samhain itself.
We will explore these myths from an archetypical view as part of our own inner journey .
Samhain Ceremony on the River
Samhain on the River Laune
Fire, Prayer & the White Hare
At dusk, on the banks of the River Laune in Killorglin, we enter Samhain together through An Féile Eile, a local festival of remembrance and fire.
We write letters to our ancestors —
words of love, grief, gratitude, and release.
These are placed into the White Hare effigy,
which is burned at sunset.
In Irish lore, the hare is a liminal being — a shape-shifter, a messenger between worlds.
White animals were seen as sacred carriers during Samhain,
moving freely between the seen and unseen.
As the fire rises,
our prayers are carried across the thinning veil.
Ancestral Healing in Body & Breath
This journey works gently — through presence rather than force.
We receive our names in Ogham from a local historian and expert- Ogham being the earliest written form of primitive Irish ,the oldest of the gaelic languages.
What We Will Explore:
Family constellation and soul movement work, meeting ancestral lines through the body
Rebirthing Breathwork, exploring your birth story and the imprint of your mother and grandmothers
Women’s circles held on the land and in ceremony
Irish Shamanism - Working & Journeying with the medicine of the Land
Keening, the ancient Irish practice of vocalised grief — a sacred releasing and remembering
Fireside sharing, myth, and quiet reflection
Healing happens not by fixing,
but by listening.
Accomadation
A place of pause.
A place of breath.
Nourishment & Belonging
Traditional, home-cooked Irish food
Warm, welcoming accommodation
Evenings by the fire
A rhythm that honours rest
Everything is held.
Everything is provided.
Included: accommodation, meals, guided walks, sacred site visits, ceremonies, and workshops.
Not included: flights and airport transfers (full support offered to help you arrive with ease).
Who This Journey Calls
This pilgrimage is for women — especially those arriving from America, Canada, and abroad — who feel the quiet pull of Ireland in their bones.
For those who sense that healing is not separate from land.
For those who long to remember where they come from.
For those willing to walk slowly, listen deeply, and be changed.
Sacred Steps
This is not a retreat you attend.
It is a threshold you cross.
A remembering written in stone, breath, fire, and bone.
You are welcome.
A Return to Simplicity & Stone
Here, you step back in time.
Our accommodation is set within traditional stone cottages, resting quietly on a beautiful Kerry estate, overlooking the vast Atlantic Ocean. These walls have held generations — weathered by wind, salt, and story — and they invite you to slow, soften, and arrive.
This is a place that gently strips life back to its essentials, allowing you to feel into the presence of the Irish ancestors — not as history, but as something living in the land, the stone, and the air.
Inside, the rooms are cosy, quaint, and deeply comfortable — warm and welcoming, without excess. A place to rest, dream, and listen. Each space holds the simplicity of the old ways, offering ease rather than distraction.
Land, Sea & Sky
The cottages sit within mature gardens, surrounded by old trees and open land that feels both held and expansive. From here, the Atlantic stretches endlessly westward — a reminder of journeys taken and longings carried across the sea.
This estate lies within Kerry’s Dark Sky Reserve, meaning that on clear nights the sky opens fully — stars scattered thickly overhead, constellations visible, silence deepened by light.
Some cottages sit right on the sea front, offering stunning sunrises and sunsets, where the day is born and laid to rest in colour and quiet.
Room Options
Shared rooms for those who wish to journey in sisterhood
Single or double rooms for those desiring more solitude
Separate private cottages available — ideal for friends or family attending together and wishing to share their own space
Each option is designed to support rest, reflection, and a sense of belonging.
This is not luxury in the modern sense.
It is something older.
Something steadier.
Stone, fire, sea, and sky —
a place to come home to yourself.
While Sacred Steps is rooted in ancestral land and collective remembrance, it is also a deeply personal journey inward — one that naturally ripples into our closest relationships.
This pilgrimage may be especially meaningful for those ready to transform their old relationship patterns and who feel called to deepen their communion — with themselves, with one another, and with the lives that shaped them.
As we explore ancestral lines, we begin to see more clearly how unconscious loyalties live within us — beliefs, behaviours, and emotional patterns carried not because they are ours, but because they once helped an ancestor survive, belong, or be remembered.
When these unseen threads are brought into awareness, something softens.
We gain insight into:
Repeating relational patterns
Protective behaviours formed long before our own lifetime
The ways love, loss, silence, or survival have been inherited
Through this gentle unveiling, space is created —
space for choice,
space for compassion,
space for new ways of relating.
Those who attend may find that this journey opens deeper listening, greater tenderness, and a renewed sense of shared presence — not by working on our relationships directly, but by meeting the roots from which it grows.
This is not about fixing or changing anything or anyone -
It is about meeting life more honestly —
and allowing love to move with greater freedom.
Cost -2500 euro Shared Room 3000 eu Single Occupancy (Includes 7 nights accommodation ,day trips & excursions food, and all workshops ect)
Not Included -Flights & Airport Transfers
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