The Heart + Soul of Ireland with Ann Dyer

There’s an Irish saying: bíonn siúlach scéalach, “travelers have tales to tell.”  On this trip to Éire — Ireland’s original name honoring the Gaelic goddess of abundance— we will ride the Celtic spirt of living life to its fullest to bring home stories to tell the rest of our lives. We will go beyond the clichés of shamrocks and leprechauns to discover the true heart of this fertile isle and the soul of its people. Together we will explore Ireland’s deep mythologies and lyrical storytelling, traditional arts and contemporary crafts, breath-taking sights and warm, inviting pubs.

Voted among the Top Ten Travel Destinations of 2024 by Lonely Planet, Ireland is now an international contemporary culinary capital, a point of special pride given its history of famine. We will be making our home at a charming, elegantly-appointed Irish country house set on a 300-acre estate that boasts its own Michelin-star restaurant and cooking school. We will come together for daily yoga in the estate’s stunningly refurbished stone barn and go out on excursions together to explore the many dimensions of Ireland, including the hip and historic city of Cork, the quaint coastal town of Kinsale, and legendary Killarney National Park.  During our week there will be plenty of free time to rest, dream, wander the estate and come home to yourself.  When the time comes to return home, it will be with an Irish blessing in our hearts: “Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you!”