Celtic Druid Temple Blog

Ceremony Dates

6/10/2016

Full Moon
Sunday 16th October- 8pm - Tara Co. Meath, Open to all
                                     Temple Crom Co. Roscommon, Open to all
                                     Denver, Colorado, USA - Invite only
                                     Vienna, Austria - Invite only

Solar Samhain 2nd November - Noon- Temple Crom, co. Roscommon -Members only

Lunar Samhain Celtic New Year- 30th and 31st October - Triple Ceremony - Tlachtga, Tara and Sliabh na Cailliagh - Invitation Only

Full Moon, Pilgrimage and Weekend of Celtic Spirituality

12/5/2016

At 8pm on May 21st we'll be celebrating the full moon both here in Temple Crom and on Tara. We celebrate every moonth, so if you can't make this one, maybe we'll see you at another. Also if you live too far away we always have a healing circle where we send some energy out, so just email me your name and we'll send some light your way during the ceremony.

Off Grid Celtic Spirituality 28th and 29th May
A weekend of magical connection to the ancestors, learn new techniques of higher awareness through the indigenous spiritual wisdom tradition of Celtic Druid Temple.

We have one place left for this weekend and will be taking bookings for this place up to Tuesday the 24th.
Cost:€200 inclusive of organic tasty food, accommodation and tuition.
This weekend is open to all those seeking an Irish Celtic spiritual path, one that is rooted in it's connection to this beautiful land we live on. Over the weekend Con and Niamh will introduce you to the basics of Celtic Druidism, and the elements that define it.

Read More and Book Here

Some lovely feedback from Druí Daltaí (student druids) -
1) I'm already missing those peaceful and transforming days! I just want to thank you for everything, it was a life changing experience, and I hope to come back to you in the future!
2) Thank you both for your kindness and care,that date will suit me better and I will definitely be attending
3) I just want to thank you both for a really wonderful weekend.
Your hospitality was wonderful and heartwarming and the course was exactly what I needed to reconnect with myself and the earth. I feel very nurtured and full in many ways.
4) I'd like to thank you for having me over the weekend. I enjoyed it very much and learned a lot as well. Go raibh míle maith agat. I am already looking forward to the Land Weekend.

Sky Weekend Smiles, Con and Niamh with participants on the sky weekend in April.

Advance notice of Summer Solstice Pilgrimage: On June 21st we will be traveling together on Pilgrimage to walk the Holy Mountain, you can read more here

Grá
Niamh
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Culture and Heritage Events at The Temple

5/7/2015

We offer you an extended opportunity to join us here as volunteer, warrior and/or student Druid - choose the options that suit you best. As a volunteer you’ll be helping to set up the medieval tent village and assist in general duties in our tree farm, as a warrior you’ll be training and practicing with throwing spears, axes and daggers, you will also take part in a traditional archery shoot and finally you will learn theatrical sword and dagger skills... as a student druid you’ll be on a special course to make and use your own functioning wand, see below for more details

All the below options are available to subscribed members only - seeHERE

Monday 20th July-Thursday 28th July
Lughnasa Volunteering - Woodland Meitheal @ E10 per day/night.

Start 9am Monday 20 July - Thursday 28 July.

Includes all organic food, bed in dormitory for the first 4 bookings, all others will be camping or using nearby B+B (b+b at own cost)
More Details

Friday July 31st-August 2nd
Celtic Camp-Lughnasa Games @E90pp for 3 day/nights (discounts for children with guardians, please inquire)

Friday 31July - start 10am - spear, axe and dagger throwing training at a wood target in the morning and competition in the afternoon. Full Moon Ceremony 8pm

Saturday 1 Aug - start 10am - instinctive / traditional 3D field archery training in the morning and competition in the afternoon. (Up to 6 recurve bows available, 3 arrows per archer require deposit of an extra E24 refundable on return, if all 3 arrows are returned...)

On Saturday evening we will have a log fire in the middle of the camp - there will be magical story telling session with tales of Dragons and Spell breaking.

Sunday 2 Aug - start 10am - theatrical sword and dagger skills training in the morning and practice photos and maybe even filming in the afternoon...-finish 5pm

Full Details and how to book

31st July
Full Moon Ceremony 8pm
Read More here

Sunday 2 Aug 2pm-5pm
open family day
with guided tour, read more here

4 August - Wed 5 August
Lughnasa Volunteering - Woodland Meitheal @ E10 per day/night.

Start 9am Tuesday

Includes all organic food, bed in dormitory for the first 4 bookings, all others will be camping or using nearby B+B at own cost.
More Details

Wednesday the 5th of August, 7pm- noon on Sunday 9th of August 2015.
Lughnasa Druid Workshop Wandmaker

Direct the Earth Energies with your chosen wand to actually move a pair of divining rods to and away from you - it is an incredible sensation that brings a deeper appreciation of the powers of Nature giving you a tremendous boost in your ability to channel the Light as a Healer.Full Details Here

29th August
Full Moon Ceremony 8pm
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Time

27/10/2014

We've celebrated Lunar Samhain, next is Solar Samhain and then the full Moon...I've dived head first into studying our Irish Celtic Calendar. My writing space is piled high with books about Newgrage and Loughcrew, books on Irish Symbols and Time.

I found this quote and thought it very beautiful:

''What is Time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries-these are but arbitrary and outward signs, the measure of time, not Time itself. Time is the Life of the soul''
Longfellow 1807-1882

Grá
Niamh

Full Moon at The Temple

13/9/2014

Pics from our Full Moon Ceremony

At the same time as the group on Tara, we here in Roscommon lit our fire to connect with the cycles of time as our anscestors did. To connect and reconnect to the fullness of now.

The skies were clear, and we watched the orange glow rise high into the sky.

Taken after our ceremony, the moon was high and bright, and the camera captured the whisp of clouds passing over.

Full Moon Ceremony

12/5/2014

Saturn, the great teacher is close to the Full Moon and both are in Libra on Wednesday 14th of May 2014. Moon rise is just after 9pm. We host an open and free ceremony from 8pm on Tara in Co Meath and a second open and free ceremony from 8pm here at Rath Niamh in Co Roscommon. Bring a few small sticks to add to the sacred fire at Temple Crom, dress in layers and above all else bring a smile and an open heart.

Full Moon Ceremony 15th April

8/4/2014

We have been hosting full moon ceremonies in an unbroken tradition since 2003. You can join in either on Tara in Co. Meath or here at Temple Crom, Co. Roscommon, or make a heart link with us during your own Full Moon Ceremony wherever you may be in the world.

We host an open and free ceremony. We will be celebrating on the 15th of this month. Our ceremonies start 8pm Irish time and are outdoors. Bring a few small sticks to add to the sacred fire at Temple Crom, dress in layers and above all else bring a smile and an open heart.

This month there is a Total Lunar Eclipse - called the Blood Red Moon because Sunlight reflected off Earth discolours the Moons image. Visible from Ireland only around Moonset. The red planet Mars is also close to the Full Moon and both are in Virgo on Tuesday 15th of April 2014.

Spring Equinox Weekend of Celebration and Learning - March 2014

22/2/2014

Ard Druí Niamh and the Realm of Sky

Celebrate the Spring Equinox with us here on our 16 acre West of Ireland retreat, for a weekend of Celtic Spirituality and Learning.

This March 15th to 17th, join us at the Celtic Druid Temple where we will offer local and organic food and living holy water as your sustenance for a weekend of Celtic Spirituality.

This weekend is a basic introduction to the Celtic Druid Path focusing on the Realm of Sky and the Cauldron of Wisdom. In the Realm of Sky we can see the myths of our great heroes. In the Cauldron of Wisdom we see the results of our knowledge and experience can create the basis for higher Wisdom. We look to the cycles of True Time that our Ancestors looked at.

We will also be hosting our monthly full moon ceremony and moot on the Sunday night here in Temple Crom and on Monday we will watch the sunset behind Ireland's holy mountain from Rathra, a four ring ceremonial enclosure 60 miles away from the Reek.

More than that; at noon on Monday 17th we celebrate the middle of the equal day/night called the Equinox with a sacred fire ceremony and we take Crom out from inside his Temple and place him over the entrance gates.

We offer many weekends throughout the year, please find more information and booking options here at Realm of Sky.

Click here for Booking information.

Full Moon Ceremony

The Full Moon ceremony 8pm on the 16th of March and the Spring Equinox ceremony at noon on the 17th of March are open and free for all to attend.

Celtic Druid Temple Courses through 2014

2014 Celtic Druid Temple Course Offerings

We have many courses available throughout the year. Please click here to discover more.

Full Moon Ceremony

20/11/2013

I've been meeting a number of people from different traditions lately and talking about open ceremonies and I realized although we hold an open full moon ceremony every month both here in Roscommon and on Tara for the past 10 years we don't often write down exactly what we do. I guess this is just because the ceremony is very fluid and interactive and really depends on who is present. There is a format that we use, so I thought I'd share an outline here.

The ceremony has a facilitator, at the moment this is either myself- Niamh, Con, or Red John. The facilitator is not in charge, their role is to hold the space. We start at 8pm(ish) on the full moon, this is the 2nd day of the three days that the moon is full. During the dark half of the year a fire is lit in a container off the ground. The fire is made with wild wood, no petrochemicals and no processed wood.

We wait until the fire has it's heart and then we begin with a dedication. A simple statement of why we do this ceremony. Sometimes it is passed around the circle and people introduce themselves and make a declaration why they attend ceremony. We let everyone know the format for the ceremony, that it is participatory and inclusive, and that often there is humor involved, it is encouraged to smile, laugh and have fun at the ceremony.