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Too Busy for Spiritual Practice?

ipsadminApril 19, 2025April 14, 2025

Spiritual practice can feel like a lovely idea, or even necessary in these INTERESTING times… until life gets in the way. You’ve got work. Family. Dishes in the sink. An...

Sacred Sites of Ireland – 3 Powerful Places You Can Connect With From Anywhere

ipsadminApril 12, 2025April 9, 2025

Sacred sites of Ireland have long drawn people seeking a deeper connection to the land, the lore, the ancestry, and the Gods. For many of our Tuath (community) outside of...

Beginners

Irish Paganism for Beginners – 3 Myths You Can Let Go Of Today

ipsadminApril 5, 2025April 9, 2025

Irish Paganism for beginners can feel overwhelming at first, especially when you're just starting out and trying to make sense of what’s real, respectful, and rooted in Irish tradition. You...

Contemporary Paganism New

Which Side of History Are You On?

ipsadminApril 3, 2025April 9, 2025

People, friends, and family – this is the moment. Tuath. Are you doing the work that is needed? It doesn’t matter what change you're worried about, what news cycle you’re...

Contemporary Paganism New

How to Start an Irish Pagan Group in Your Local Area

ipsadminMarch 27, 2025March 27, 2025

There’s a quiet longing many of us feel – to connect more deeply with Irish Paganism, to share our practice in person, and to speak aloud the old ways with...

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Seed Talks with Lora O’Brien

ipsadminMarch 12, 2025April 14, 2025

About Seed Talks - this is an organisation dedicated to bringing thought-provoking discussions and expert-led talks to audiences across the UK and Ireland. Covering topics from history and philosophy to...

Beginners

Celtic Witches, Druids, and Pagans – What’s the Difference?

ipsadminMarch 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Many people curious about Irish spirituality find themselves wondering about the NeoPagan terms they hear often... but what exactly were the Celtic Witches, Druids, and Pagans of the past, in...

Contemporary Paganism Festivals

Everything You Think You Know About Saint Patrick is Wrong

ipsadminMarch 4, 2025April 9, 2025

Every March, the same myths about Saint Patrick resurface - he drove the snakes out of Ireland, wiped out the Druids, and converted the entire island to Christianity. But what...

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Irish Medicine: Medieval Manuscripts and Folk Healing

ipsadminFebruary 28, 2025April 9, 2025

Irish Medicine in the medieval period was a fascinating blend of formal medical knowledge, herbalism, and folk healing traditions. Unlike many European countries, Ireland and Scotland produced vernacular translations of...

Contemporary Paganism

A History of Pagan Religion: The Roots of NeoPaganism

ipsadminFebruary 20, 2025April 9, 2025

Just like the question of how we practise our Pagan religion today, the question of how it all began is a little… contentious. In some circles. We know, of course,...