Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of sitting down with Phil and Elaine Brennan, the couple behind this quietly brilliant tour company that recently marked ten years in business, and I have been given an insight into what the story is behind the company and what sets their tours aside from so many.
“What good is it to me if the eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within myself? And what good is it to me if Mary is full of grace if I am not also full of grace? Christmas is the season when the birth of God must happen...
We’ve been leading groups along St Declan’s Way for 5 years now and have shared this age-old pilgrim path with over 500 visitors from all corners of the globe. Australians, Spanish, Americans, Canadian, French, British, Irish all find a common humanity along the way....
Our Celtic Ways Ireland has taken us down a long and winding road over the past 10 years. We have arrived somewhere we would never have imagined when we started out. It takes time for the pieces to fall into place. It does not happen overnight. In this game you have...
Celtic Ways Ireland has evolved into something we could never have imagined when we set out over 9 years ago. I guess the last few months have given us a taste of what we can expect in the years to come; acquiring our new luxury 9 seater, hosting a group from Los...
I’ve been following sport all my life and rarely have I been so enthralled by a sporting spectacle as I was on Sunday night last watching Rory McIlroy win the Masters. His round was a microcosm of his career, majestic moments of sheer brilliance coupled with moments...
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” (Maya Angelou) Tonight we give back to the transported women the dignity they were denied during their lifetimes. Now they have a story; now they have a name. Their...
The start of a new year is an ideal time to dial in on your inner radar, narrow life down to the core essentials and place our trust in all that has carried you this far. We in Celtic Ways Ireland have been charting our course and anticipating how best to safely...
In Flanders' field where soldiers sleep, A choir from Ireland, memories keep. Two headstones tell a tale untold, Of a truce in war, a story bold. Delaney and Murphy side by side, In that gap, a peace did abide. Christmas Eve to the 30th day, A pause in time, a truce's...
This October we reached a milestone of sorts… our 25th group arrived safely onto the beach in Ardmore after walking St Declan’s Way with us. We have very much taken the circuitous route to arrive at where we are now. When we first led groups along this ancient pilgrim...
Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, ‘this is what I need’. It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment, not discouragement, you will find the strength is there. Any...
“A rainbow, a pure gift comes quite unexpectedly, apparently from nowhere – an invitation to stop and stare.” (Sr Stan) We often have to reach the edge of the precipice before we come to see clearly what we may not have noticed before. Here, on the outer frontiers,...