Aoife Lowden is the creator of Slí na nDaoine Feasa, a follow-on course from her previous release of Slí na Mna Feasa in 2024.

Aoife is on a pathway devoted to reviving the ancient land-based & cultural wisdom of her beloved homelands, of Éire & Alba.

Weaving ancient wisdom with the emerging culture of today, Aoife is on a life-long learning journey with the land, of returning to her ancestral life ways and cultural heritage. Her intention is to inspire a return to dùthchas a Gaelic word which relates to belonging to land - and of being identified with ones indigenous heritage. 

Aoife weaves in relationship with the more-than-human world to create ceremonies, gatherings & courses which can create a trail to  return to a more authentic, holistic way of life. Through traditional life-ways & Gaelic culture - of language, story, song, dance, craft & ritual - Aoife facilitates a space of wild remembrance & awakening, to offer a remedy for the fractured world we have inherited. 

Aoife's work has for the most part been held in her homeland of Ireland, however she has recently moved to the Scottish Highlands where she lives and works as part of a land-based cultural centre & community project (The Sheiling Project/Collective).  

Tara Brading is a women’s educator, storyteller and songstress, focusing on uplifting nature-based feminine wisdom & ancestral teachings from Ireland & England. She's been on a journey of remembering and reclamation for over ten years, honoring the earth based feminine wisdom left in her blood and bones.

She's the creator of The Roundhouse, which is an online community that lovingly guides women into nature based feminine wisdom from the Irish traditions. She's also the creator of Grail Priestess, a deep-dive program that guides women into heartfelt connection with their English heritage. She also runs a variety of other courses, events and workshops that serve thousands of women every year.

She journeys to Ireland & England regularly for pilgrimage, and currently lives on the ancestral lands of the Ute and Arapaho people in the mountains of so-called Colorado (USA).

Sionnáin is a singer, songcarrier, musician, guide and guardian from the West Coast of Ireland.

Over 10 years ago she landed at the Hill of Uisneach on Summer Solstice, met by elders and guardians honouring the old ways, this special moment propelled her path into a deep connection with the power of place on the island of Éiriú. 

This was a profound catalyst, opening up her heart and journey to coming into relationship with the elemental and cyclical ways of life, which naturally opened up a deeper communion with the ancestors and guardians of the land, the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Sitting around the hearth and remembering the power of prayer, has brought her path into a powerful living relationship and conversation with how she can tend the children’s fire, as an Irish woman who will one day become an ancestor. 

Ceremony, song and community have shaped her journey and supported her to remember the ways of the ancient ones, the grandmother’s wisdom and the ancient ways of the Caoineadh (ancient keening tradition of Ireland). Being a keeper of thresholds, is at the core of her Soul’s journey and place within the village she is remembering along the way.

Deirdre Wadding is a former primary school teacher, former Co. Councilor, professional Storyteller and Founder/ Teacher at Coire Sois School of Irish Spirituality where she trains women as Irish Pagan Priestesses and offers workshops and classes on Irish Mythology, Irish Pagan practice and the Bardic Arts both in person and online. 

Key to all of her work is the connection with the sacred in the Land, with.the Ancestors and our Mythology.

The central theme and concept of Coire Sois is Sovereignty, the power of the Sacred Land embodied by our Sovereignty Goddesses and mirrored by the stepping into our own core selves in alignment with the sacred energy of the Land and of our Ancestral Deities. To be a Priestess is an act of becoming, of stepping into the role of mediator of that energy through ourselves. It is a.path of dedication, commitment and service and is not for the fainthearted.

Deirdre lives in South Wexford close to the sea and the ancient druid site , now a Christian pilgrimage site, of Cluain na mBan/ Lady's Island.

Mollie Guidera (Irish with Mollie) is an educator, bestselling author, and language activist, weaving storytelling and etymology into her innovative teaching methods, celebrating and nurturing identity and heritage connections and rethinking the Irish language. She brings depth, clarity, joy and creativity to language learning.
She offers accessible, relatable resources on her website www.irishwithmollie.com, on Instagram and TikTok @irishwithmollie, in her first book The Gaeilge Guide, in her newsletter, and through her podcast, Irish with Mollie - available on Spotify and Apple. Her uplifting workshops, retreats, and courses demystify the language and explore the healing and soulful path of effective learning.

Conor Ruadh (B.Sr.c Psychology), is a folk and Sean Nós singer, advocate of the Irish language and has just completed a three year apprenticeship in Shamanism in the UK.

Conor’s work is tied to the land and language, often exploring the possibility that our modern minds may be colonised and the many reasons why so many of us have such unhealthy relationships with the Irish language. 

He also believes that coming back to our native language and our traditions can be an act of decolonisation. Conor is a Gaeilgeoir raising his children through Irish. 

Workshop description: 

‘Decolonisation of the Gaelic Mind’ explores the possibility that our modern minds may be colonised, how this is effecting us in today’s world and the many reasons why so many of us have such unhealthy relationships with the Irish language. He hopes to show why our native language is important today and to inspire others to come back to ár teanga dúchais(native tongue) from a fresh perspective. 

Lucy Ní hAodhagáin is the founder of Wild Awake Ireland, an organisation which seeks to rekindle cultural and ecological resilience through the restoration of ancestral lifeways in Ireland. Lucy works in the fecund liminal zones between the cultural, ecological and spiritual, weaving together ancient wisdom with the dream of decolonial futures. Rugadh agus Tógadh, Born and Bred, in Béal Feirste, Lucy now makes home beneath the watchful gaze of An Mhucais mountain in the Donegal Gaeltacht, all while deepening their love of An Ghaeilge by harvesting sleabhac from the rocks, following the tracks of Fia, and weaving criol baskets through the long winter months. Lucy is also the co-editor of Airmid's Journal and a passionate committee member of Bród na Gaeltachta, Ireland's first Gaeltacht pride festival in An Fál Carrach. 

Anythony Murphy is a renowned author, tour guide, broadcaster, photographer, mythologist and historian.

-Author of ten books about ancient Ireland, non-fiction and fiction

-Discoverer of 'Dronehenge', a Late Neolithic henge near Newgrange

-Scriptwriter and narrator for Lú Festival of Light - Drogheda 2022, 2023 & 2024*

--Storyteller for DRAWDA Urban Art Festival mythological murals

-Discoverer of several ancient dugout boats in the river Boyne

-Contributor to TV programmes with National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery Science, Channel 4, BBC, RTÉ and TG4

-Found 230 previously unrecorded monuments using Google Earth and Apple Maps

-194,865 followers online - Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Threads, X/Twitter, mailing list, Patreon

-Married with five children and lives in the Boyne Valley

Genevieve is an All-Canada champion sean-nós singer, having won the Comórtas Amhránaíochta Sean-nóis at Oireachtas na Gaeilge Cheanada in 2021. She has studied, performed, and taught with renowned traditional performers in the US and Ireland, and holds a master’s degree in folklore and ethnomusicology. A native of Portland, Oregon, she has now made her home in County Donegal, as she continues her lifelong study of the Irish language, folklore, and song tradition.

Jen Murphy is a Celtic mythologist, anthropologist and creative dreamer from Baile Átha Cliath. Her apprenticeship to following her soul’s breadcrumbs over the past twenty years has guided her work and formal studies in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies, Anthropology and Development, Creativity and Innovation, and Jungian Psychology and Art Therapy. 

Jen supports creatives from diverse fields to (re)connect with the mythopoetic imagination of Ireland. Using ancient wisdom to inform modern creativity through myth, dreamwork, imagination and the body, her work to date at the Celtic School of Embodiment has emphasised a reclamation of the Irish mythic feminine. 

Àdhamh Ó Broin is a Gaelic tradition bearer and activist of Irish and Highland Caithness heritage who has spent 15 years documenting and revitalising the native language and lore of Central Argyll where he grew up, embodying its value system and bringing his children up as first language Argyll dialect speakers.

Àdhamh joins us on behalf of Dòrlach, a Scottish micro-charity which seeks to encourage intercultural solidarity across minoritised peoples worldwide and a return to indigenous practice in Gaelic Scotland.  Through his work with Dòrlach, Àdhamh has visited dozens of Gaelic elders across the Highlands and Islands, recording Gaelic lore and vocabulary which would otherwise have been lost to time.

Over the last decade, Àdhamh has also had the privilege of stepping into ceremony with dozens of guests from all around the indigenous world; the Maori of New Zealand, the Mohawk of Six Nations Ontario and the Karajá of Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest to name but a few. These experiences have assisted and inspired the process of re-establishing a working, reciprocal relationship with the land whose dialect Àdhamh has diligently retrieved from extinction through long hours spent with the last of the areas’ native Gaelic-speaking elders.

Ciara O’ Donnell is creative artist under the name “Domhan” channeling music and songs inspired by the Earth and the Divine. Domhan’s voice (pronounced “Dow-an” in Gaelic) has captivated audiences in both her native Ireland and abroad, showcasing her undeniable virtuosity as a multi-instrumentalist, potent songwriter and vocalist.

For Ciara, music is not only an art form, but a powerful medium for deep healing, liberation and the ability to connect us all to something much bigger than ourselves.

Ciara is a Shamanic Practitioner, Pranic Energy Healer, Irish Music teacher, Vocal coach and facilitator of women’s circles. She is also a member of transcendental band “Bog Bodies” who have proven themselves as one of Ireland’s premier acts over the past three years, here she allows the spirit of Ancient Ireland to move through the music in a bid to help activate and empower the ancient memory embedded in all of our DNA.

Ciara started her musical and singing journey from a young age rooted in the traditional Irish folk music and her journey with energy and indigenous cultures brought her into deeper connection with her drum ‘Bodhran’ playing and whistle and flute music and the ancient way of these instruments.

Domhan’s single “Trócaire Brighid” was released February 2024, with her EP ‘Spirit Works’’ released in September.