Our fundamental aim is the same. To protect and restore our native language to a place worthy of it's richness and depth. That is why we are both engaged in this process, you and I. There are many variables, but that is the root. We have been guided here in the same way that you have. So let's keep this one very simple. Along with being a supporter of the language we also want to acknowledge your contribution, and so we will run one event/retreat for 20 people that contribute €20. At the end of the campaign we will draw 20 names from those that contribute to this base need we all share and we will reward you with the possibility of joining us for a Wild Irish retreat/event. 

An artists commission will go out in the coming weeks to create a mural that will sit at Teach Aniar that will be titled Guardians of The Irish Heritage. Along the wall of the venue space is a wall waiting to be decorated with something meaningful, and there your name, your contribution and your intention for a better tomorrow will be enshrined for as long as Wild Irish call this land home. Chomh maaith leis sin, you will also join the raffle for a place on an upcoming Wild Irish Retreat. 

This offering is best suited to those that wish to explore and build on their creative instincts in a non-judgemental environment that fosters exploration and play as the core tenets of creativity.

Artist and former Intercounty Gaelic Footballer Neil Patrick Collins created the ‘Breathe + Paint’ workshop in 2023 because he wanted to share with others the power of engaging in a creative practice and its ability to reconnect us to our childish instincts for wonder and play.

Many people close the doors to creativity in their lives because we associate the outcome with whether or not we are worthy of engaging with artistic practices. His belief is that we reclaim a part of ourselves when we return to play with artistic mediums. We reclaim the ability to allow ourselves to explore without expectation and judgement. We reclaim the ability to see life as something we have the creative ability to re-imagine and play around with. We reclaim the ability to express ourselves freely, like a child at play.

Neil is a qualified practitioner of Conscious, Connected Breathwork, having studied the subject and technique extensively during a 6 month course in 2024. It is a practice for connecting with the body - a grounded place of presence and stillness. This usually kicks off the workshop and is a wonderful pre-requisite for a creative practice.

Neil is offers art and breath workshops for teams, companies and groups. It is a fun, encouraging and connective space packed with intention and passion for awareness and creativity. It can be tailored for the needs of your people and environment.

He has agreed to donate the full proceeds of the workshop to our efforts here at Teacht Aniar and we look forward to hosting him here in the future. 

The time has come to reclaim our ancient birth rites and practices, to rediscover the herblore and traditions of the indigenous bean cabhair (handywoman) culture.  This is a day for mothers (and children) to gather with collective intention, to share birth stories, make cathartic art and participate in a healing ritual in the river, Hosted by Birthkeeper Sara Kelleher and Celebrant/artist Siobhán de Paor, join us this July '25 (tbc) for a day of story medicine and reclamation of our ancient birth rites.

On the suggestion of our daughter Ériú, we will gather for a day of celebration with families that are interested in bringing a live version of the language in to their home. We will use the full scope of the site and area to create an experience for all ages that combines creativity and the arts, informal language classes, play and a little bit of work to keep us all honest :) 

€100 will cover 1 full family per ticket. 

Individual tickets for those seeking to help and assist will be available on the day as well. 

Nestled hidden admist the hazel and limestone in the heart of the Burren, this sauna experience with seaweed, plunge bath and body oil, is an immersion in nature. It will be followed by a wild food meal for two. This is an offering from the foraging maestro and homesteader and our number one collaborator Cearbhuil' food is a remarkable feature on the wild Irish retreat.  Cearbhuil is not online and can be contacted on 086 8866689

Mollie Guidera is a pioneer for the modern age in learning the Irish language. Her background in the mechanics of teaching are a huge asset to the language, but it's Mollie's commitment to the scope, it's traditions, customs and some of the deeper aspects of the language that I really admire. 

On top of that she has amassed a huge following, over 250,000 people, and has been featured all over the place but on request for this project, despite only having an online awareness of each other, she gracefully offered places on her course and suggested that she would share it out far and wide and was just in general full of the joys of Earraigh in relation to the project here. It's that sincerity, above all the other esteemed achievements, that puts her in the position she is in of being a guiding voice and a legitimate avenue for people to access the Irish language. We'll try to persuade her to do some in person classes or weekends here in the future. 

Said Mollie;

'I travelled around the world, got the Cambridge certificate in teaching, and taught English, before realising what energised me most is immersing myself in the Irish language. I used my skills learning other languages to break down Irish in a way my Irish peers and international students had never been exposed to, and started becoming extremely busy teaching people from all over the world on Zoom.

People are in love with Ireland and our language, and I wanted to share this motivation and excitement with newcomers and people who grew up traumatised by learning Irish!

I was completely booked out, and I realised that I wanted to help even more students, and that’s why I started making online courses.

So far, I am very proud to say that I have helped more than 15,000 students from many different countries, and I want to continue to spread the language to everyone who loves it or loves Ireland!

Read more here

Ink, gold leaf, chalk and bitumen on Arches watercolour paper by Dearbhail Connon.
40 x 50cm, unframed

'Created during a residency at the Burren College of Art during lockdown, this work
reflects the wild, untameable spirit of the Burren—a stark contrast to the restrictions
of that time. The landscape, alive with rare flora, ancient stones, shifting light, and
unseen presences, offered a sense of freedom and quiet magic. Rather than
depicting the Burren, the work responds to it, echoing its mystery and resilience. In a
world turned upside down, the Burren remained expansive and unknowable—a
reminder of what lies beyond control, and the enduring presence of the natural and
unseen.'

The jewel in the crown of our offerings, this is where it all began. Incorporating the richness and abundance of our locality to create an experience where Irish is learned 'on the job' whether it's getting to know the names and uses of the wild plants, a game of 'Iomándraíocht' or Wild Hurling or poetry and creativity workshops, this is a tried and tested model that has introduced hundreds of people to the magic of the Irish language. 

Said Siobhán de Paor of WIR

'The future is bilingual. Let the insurance companies and the banks and those systems that organise our society use English as the preferred mode of communication. But let our creativity, our music and our songs, our poetry, our rituals and our crafts be considered through the medium of the Irish language, this way of seeing and thinking about the world that is so in tune with the needs of the nature all around us'.

'Wild Irish was born of our mutual desire to guide people in the rediscovery of our beautiful land and language. It is part of the movement to reclaim our native language, wild food, rituals and practices . The work is done in collaboration with Nature and in places of incredible natural beauty'.

For more info go anseo

For the bride and the bees. Organic and sustainable, Petra's arrangements are a seasonal mix of wild, dried and fresh, harvested from her own garden in Kilworth. Her creations are unique and beautiful. This is ideal for a couple who wish for a natural wedding. The package could include bride and bridesmaid bouquets, buttonholes and candle arrangements. Aside from supporting a sustainable local business, you will have the pleasure of dealing with the gealgháireach Petra on your wedding.

One of the aims of Wild Irish has been to champion the work of those that share our values while building the skills of the community. There is a renewed interest in native crafts such as traditional dry stone walling and it is to this end that we offer this retreat. 

Fergus Packman will guide this hands on experience and it's focus is to not only enrich the space here in south Kilkenny but also to provide the community that are engaged with us to upskill and attain the confidence and wherewithal to build their own vision for a brighter, more engaged future. 

Fergus' work can be seen on instagram anseo and he is not only an exceptional teacher but he truly is a master craftsman. 

We will be working with stones from the locality and nourishing food and healthy practices for the body will make up the remainder of the retreat. 

The retreat will be bilingual where possible and accommodation will be camping or bunk style rooms. 

Original Oil on Canvas: An offering from visual artist Maria Tanner Cohen. Maria paints the imaginary interiority of Ireland's ancient ritual landscape. She writes: ''Celestial Ground collects a time spent on the limestone plateau of the Burren in Co. Clare. The Burren’s grey, folding lunar landscape and deep fissures rested on my imagination waiting to be revisited in one way or another.

The fact that an Boireann is home to rare and delicate species of  wild orchid and artic alpine plants not found anywhere else in Ireland, almost whispers to us of that rarefication of elements and of the magic latent in the earth there. A truly special place.'' www.mariatannercohen.com

This is a one of a kind offer as Pat has generously donated his time to support the Vision at Teacht Aniar. 

Pat Divilly is a renowned high performance coach, breathwork trainer, executive coach and life student, among many other strings to his bow, and this product offers a unique opportunity to work with Pat on either a 1-1 basis or in a team based environment. 

His primary areas of focus in terms of team development are Courageous Communication, Emotional Mastery, A Body Based Approach to Mental Wellness and Men's Wellness. He also runs Leader and emerging leaders development sessions but is open to tailoring his offering to suit the needs of the team that choose to avail of this offer. 

Personally I see it as an invaluable opportunity to work with a master in his field and it would suit any team based sporting organisation in particular at a fraction of the cost one might regularly be charged for Pat's services. 

While not limited to a sporting organisation, I would particularly love to see this offering go to a GAA team as I am certain in would take them to the next level in their efforts. 

This night is open to anyone that commits more than €1,000 euro to anything that we do here at Teach Aniar. This will be a night to remember 

Irish musical luminaries will gather, Ó Maonlaí, Ó Snodaigh, Ní Ríain, Ó Laoighre and a very special guest that holds the traditions in her bones. 

My vision isn't that of a gig, rather a singing of something in to existence. An unofficial opening, a ritual, an unfolding, where led by the masters of the art of collective exploration of sound we will bounce to the beat of the Snodach's drum, we'll follow Liam Ó Maonlaí to the places that only Liam Ó Maonlaí can take us and Cáit Ní Riain and Patrick Ó Laoighre will bring piano and shakers to complete the soundscape.

Now that's all a wild idea, but it's possible. And we can make it so. On top of that let's bring a few teenagers and let them off out to the back meadow to look after the young ones as a final accompaniment, a memory for all of us when running through meadows to the sound of music was a real and tangible thing. 

Because that's the work here. It's a remembering. A chance to go back and rummage around in corners long forgotten. And it's with the Liam's and the Cáit's and the Rónán's that we can do this, it's with the meadow and the barn and the language that can facilitate it, a new mind for the new world, and we're so grateful to the lads for agreeing to join us here. 

Só bígí linn, bí ann nó bí cearnógach, agus rockaimíd agus rollfaimid!

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Here is a unique opportunity to join a Mastermind led by Des O’Neill—an advisor
who has spent over two decades guiding Irish business leaders to achieve
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Special Fundraiser Rate
For a limited time (until 23 June 2025), you can secure this Mastermind seat at the
discounted price of €2,500 (reduced from €5,000).

Your investment gives you:
-  Three Mastermind Days (over nine months, commencing July 2025).
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By securing this perk, you will not only gain practical tools for growing and future-
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It's a strange world we live in where we get to collaborate and share time with the songbird that is Peia. When we first heard 'Blessed We Are' we knew it would be in our bones for some time and in that time we have connected and collaborated on numerous projects. Peia contributed backing vocals to Diarmuid's foray in to spoken word with 'Ériú' and Siobhán had the honour of sharing the stage with her at her last live show in Dublin. 

Through her unsurprisingly generous offer you too can share in the magic of her music in the comfort of your own home with those closest to you and it really is a unique offering that she otherwise doesn't make available. 

Her timetable is tight so there may be limitations on how far she can travel, but it's a dialogue that she is open to. 

Grá leat agus buíochas duit, a Pheia. 

Peia Luzzi is an American born song collector, writer and multi-instrumentalist based in the mountains of Appalachia. Like water from a deep well, she draws inspiration from her ancestral roots of Irish and Old World European folk music. Peia’s voice dances nimbly from Child Ballads and 17th C. Gaelic laments, to Waulking Songs, and Bulgarian mountain calls. She has traveled & studied extensively over the past 10 years to reconnect with her own ancestral song tradition. Uncovering melodies wrinkled & wise with time, while taking care to honor their language and stories, Peia brings a piece of herself to each song she carries.

Diarmuid is recently back from running a similar gathering amongst professionals in the warm sands outside of Dubai, which is a new departure from the moist forest soils of the Wicklow Mts. But the effects are the same. Regardless of situation, we respond fundamentally to human connection and this is Diarmuid's primary aim in the work that he offers. 

This offering is ideal for sports teams of all persuasions who are looking to connect to something deeper within themselves that they may draw on when it comes to the white heat of battle. 

There is also an increasing demand from the corporate sector for these services as we slowly realise that isolated staff are similar to isolated people; it breeds a sickness that is costing people their well-being and costing companies at their bottom line. 

We camp in the woods close to where the team are based so there is less need for long journeys and then we prepare, we cook, we share, we speak, we hurl and we enjoy a beer and a song around the camp fire as we seek to find the balance between making sense of ourselves to ourselves and the very necessary enjoyment of play where outcome is not the primary motive.

He has run in excess of twenty similar camps and the feedback has been extraordinary. 

'I feel sorry for teams and groups that haven't experienced this work to be honest. We came not knowing really what we needed but Diarmuid brought us together as a group like nothing else could have and we are immeasurably stronger as individuals because of it'. Conor, Cork.

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We first met Cathal and his wife Petra a couple of years ago in their beautiful townhouse Kilworth, just outside of Fermoy in Cork. After a swim in his natural, living swimming pool out the back and a sauna in one of the outhouses we were smitten. 

Professionally his architectural and design company, Cathal O' Meara Landscape Architects, offers a broad range of design and consultancy services to the environmental, planning and development sectors.

They are the recipients of many awards in the Landscaping sector, as are documented on their website, but it's Cathal's vision in marrying architecture with nature that draws us to his work. 

This offer can be redeemed as part of a bigger piece of work. 

Check out the profile on his work in the Irish Independent here

CLTV.film are an established brand working out of Dublin. They have worked with the top artists and brands in the country and though they have a proven track record across all genres, it is their philosophy and their work ethic that draws us to them. 

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We are a creative family whose passion is to tell human stories through the medium of picture and sound.

At the center of our work lies our belief in humanity, and the capacity to heal through powerful storytelling'.

They bring with them fresh ideas and innovations in film that has put them at the centre of some of the most significant movements in the country.