Description
St Declan’s Way Tour Dates for 2027
Walk an Irish pilgrim path four hundred years older than the Camino de Santiago — and sleep in a living Cistercian abbey no other tour can offer.
For Groups of 8 and above, please use our enquiry form to check availability
Celtic Ways Ireland have built up a great friendship with the sisters at Glencairn Abbey.
They can only host 7 people at any given time, 5 single rooms and 1 twin room. Availability in the Abbey is limited to 7 persons five times a year.
We suggest you reserve your place early to avoid disappointment as these 5 weeks are already filling up.
Fifteen hundred years ago, St. Declan walked from the Rock of Cashel home to his monastery by the sea at Ardmore. His path predates the Camino de Santiago by four centuries, and it is still here, threading through the Golden Vale, along the River Suir, over the Knockmealdown Mountains and down the Blackwater valley to the Atlantic.
Over six days we walk sections of it together, a small band of pilgrims, never more than seven — averaging a gentle 12 kilometres a day, with every step tailored to the group. There is no rush and no crowd. Each evening we return to Glencairn Abbey, home to a community of Cistercian sisters, where simplicity itself becomes part of the journey.
