Welcome to the Kilkenny Druidry College
Our names are Eimear
and Howard, the founders of the
Kilkenny Druidry College and Cuallacht De Dannan, the
Fellowship of Danú and you are very welcome to join us on
our path, exploring the diversity in the natural world of
which we are a part.
This means we are not only curious about plants, animals, trees, birds, fish, the moon, the sun & the seasons, but also curious about our own quirky natures, our love of food, our love of offering hospitality that allows you to find us as we are.
Kilkenny Druidry College and Cuallacht De Dannan, the
Fellowship of Danú and you are very welcome to join us on
our path, exploring the diversity in the natural world of
which we are a part.
This means we are not only curious about plants, animals, trees, birds, fish, the moon, the sun & the seasons, but also curious about our own quirky natures, our love of food, our love of offering hospitality that allows you to find us as we are.
At the Kilkenny Druidry College in Ireland we offer a range of residential courses and day workshops. The Kilkenny Druidry College, has a collegiate atmosphere - a place for people to meet and learn from, with & about each other and so enriching our vision and experience of the world of which we are a part. We nurture a learning environment - encouraging and affirming curiousity amongst participants. We draw on a full range of experience from the intuitive & esoteric to the scientific & academic philosophies.
Cuallacht De Danaan, Fellowship of Danú
The fellowship of Danú is made up of men, women & children who attend our seasonal ceremonies with their potluck food and night courts of poetry, story-telling, music and song. These are creative and novel occasions.
At the heart of Kilkenny Druidry College & Cuallacht De Danaan is the sacred site at The Old Rectory, Three Castles, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland where we live - beside the river Nore in which lives the spirit of Fódhla who is one aspect of the triple goddess of neolithic Irish mythology. Our garden has grown itself with our help. The garden has a labyrinth with its geometric form suited to various meditative practices. As you move out from the labyrinth the garden becomes wild. All the Ogham trees are present in the garden.
Within the grounds there is a Druid Grove with central firepit and a ruined Norman tower with an intact vaulted ceiling. This provides a space for ceremonies and meditation and has become a temple dedicated to An Cailleach, the Crone. Beside the tower is a ruined chapel which we have developed into a Neimheadh, a sacred space or temple dedicated to Danú and Lúgh. Within the temple there is a Triskele and a tomb containing the remains of an ancestor of the land.
There is a sycamore tree which is sacred to the Goddess Isis, this tree grows within a Neimheadh. Eimear is a priestess of the Fellowship of Isis and presides over Isian ceremonies as well as Druidic. We have also been honoured to hold space for the Kilkenny Amethyst Healing Crystal.
Within the grounds there is a Druid Grove with central firepit and a ruined Norman tower with an intact vaulted ceiling. This provides a space for ceremonies and meditation and has become a temple dedicated to An Cailleach, the Crone. Beside the tower is a ruined chapel which we have developed into a Neimheadh, a sacred space or temple dedicated to Danú and Lúgh. Within the temple there is a Triskele and a tomb containing the remains of an ancestor of the land.
There is a sycamore tree which is sacred to the Goddess Isis, this tree grows within a Neimheadh. Eimear is a priestess of the Fellowship of Isis and presides over Isian ceremonies as well as Druidic. We have also been honoured to hold space for the Kilkenny Amethyst Healing Crystal.
