Bards, Woods, Beach, Ireland Retreats, early Sept News

Hello everyone , a lot of things we are arranging, and I will try to get in what I can during this bulletin.

7th September, Sunday, 
Bards In The Woods and On The Beach

This is happening just this coming Sunday due to exceptional September weather forecast.

Sunday, 7th September, 2014, sunny, clear, 18C, dry, 
at Old Head Beach, west of Westport, in Co. Mayo

At Old Head Wood is an ancient Native Oak Wood that connects with the beach.

Here is a view of it, in the distance, from the Old Head beach.

There is a signed entrance on the beach

and this is a photo taken inside this old wood

The meet up time is a bit earlier, 2:00 pm, to take advantage of some of the low tide.

It is High Tide at 5:13 pm, so we get to see a bit more of the beach that is largely covered at High Tide. Low tide is 11:33 am.

There is also a wonderful Ice Cream Parlour there with terrific home made ice cream 

Meet on the beach in front of the main car park, 
the beach benches shown in the top photo here.

2 pm !!! - Sunday :-) 

Here is a custom Google Map to help you find us
indicating where to park, where to meet, where to walk to the woods.


View Old Head, Co. Mayo in a larger map

Also click here for the Facebook Event Page of this event

14th September, Sunday
Bards In The Woods, 
Milltown Wood, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim

Very relaxing bubbling riverside walk woods.
click here for the Facebook Event Page of this event

15th September, Monday
Live Concert Online Worldwide

Claire and I resuming this for the fall and winter season
I will send a later newsletter to outline this more

20th and 21st September, 
Saturday and Sunday
Equinox Weekend 
at Meath and Westmeath.

At Noon on 20th September, the Saturday
we open up the events at The Cairn at Sprit Of Folk Festival
at Dunderry House gardens. Claire and I perform from Noon.

click here for the Spirit Of Folk web site for some details

Then for 8 pm, Claire Roche and I will be in Oldcastle, Co. Westmeath
performing at the Fincourt Lounge in the town

click here for the web page of the Oldcastle Equinox Festival

21st September, Sunday, 

after the Loughcrew Sunride ceremonies

There will be breakfast and 

10 am, Poetree Walk in Loughcrew Gardens 

by myself and others. If the weather is bad this will be within the Millhouse.

2 pm is a Bards In The Woods 

at Mullaghmeen Forest outside Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath,

to catch the colour changes.

Book Out For Equinox?

I am rushing to get a small book out in time for the Equinox Events

This will be called Tales Of The Trees

but will not be the full content of Ogma's Tale Of The Trees

but will also have content from other writings of mine

All people waiting for Ogma's Tale Of The Trees hard copies

and/or the CDs will get free copies sent to them,

An e-book version will be sent to the others asap.

This is in addition to your original order :-)

28th September, Sunday
Bard In The Woods at Deerpark

A wonderful place of a fascinating court cairn too and a viewpoint of may ancient sitees. I will explain more in a newsletter later this month.

October 2014?

More Bards In The Woods, the last of this season, to capture the changing colours,#

Derrycarne, Co. Leitrim

Lough Key Forest, Co. Roscommon,

Kilronan Forest, Co. Roscommon

finishing off with a special Samhain Event

Hazelwood, Co. Sligo

There will also be 2 or 3 Live Concerts Online

USA TOUR 2015?

Trying to put a tour schedule together for between

25th March and 22nd April in states

CA, OR, WA, ID

please email and message back your hosting interest

for Claire Roche and myself.

"Bathing In The Fae's Breath" will be the theme.
house concerts, community theaters, art centres

Also in 2015

13th March, Claire Roche at the National Concert Hall

W.B. Yeats 150th year (from birth) 

so lots of Sligo events.  More news soon.

Vacation Retreats?

During 2015 Tree, Water and Fae lore will feature strong in Vacation Retreats, showing how this lore relates to the changing seasons landscape around us and how personal longings can be fulfilled.

Lots of visualization, creative writing and journaling, good local food, local crafted beverages, and merriment
  

We also have a new Retreat Accommodation owner we are starting to work with in 2015. Beautiful place with mature native trees.

More will be revealed in later newsletters ... :-)

Thank you for wading through this lot.

More news to reveal more later in the month.

Many thanks for your continued interest and support.
Claire and I truly appreciate this and talk about this often.
We look forward to meeting up with you when we can