Sacred Alignment
with
Slieve Gullion
Journey to An Cailleach Bheara’s house, a sacred cairn which lives at the summit of Slieve Gullion. Make offerings at her doorstep and come home to your ancient Grandmother for a period of respite and healing.
Saturday, March 30 at 6:30 pm (Irish time)
By Donation // Via Zoom
Slieve Gullion Entrance to Cairn
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Slieve Gullion marks the highest point in Co. Armagh and is at the heart of a volcanic landscape. Atop of Slieve Gullion sits a 5000 year old cairn and accordingly to Irish lore, is home to the ancient celtic deity, An Cailleach. Cailleach translated literally means veiled one. She is affectionately called hag or crone and she is wisdom embodied.
An Cailleach is both creator and destroyer Goddess and is said to be responsible for creating the landscape of parts of Ireland and Scotland. Legend says the Cailleach jumped from one hill to the next, dropping stones from her apron to form the magnificent womb-like structures we see today, thousands of years later, at sacred sites such as Slieve Gullion and Loughcrew. The entrance to this chambered cairn is aligned with the sunset of the winter solstice and interestingly or quite astonishingly, this cairn is perfectly aligned with Cairn T in Loughcrew, Co. Meath which is home to a collection of Neolithic passage tombs (or cairns) known as Sliabh na Cailleach / Hill of the Witch.
Views while hiking Slieve Gullion
What to expect
Learn about An Cailleach as a Goddess of Winter and shapeshifter through her association with the Cailleach Bheara’s Lough or Lake of Sorrows where she met the great warrior, Fionn Mac Cumhail. We will explore what is known about Slieve Gullion and more importantly, what is unknown. I will guide us in meditation to the Cailleach’s house in Slieve Gullion where we will allow our intuition to open and flourish, connecting us to the Cailleach’s medicine for deep healing on all levels and across timelines. Energy healing to help you find your center so that you can more easily align with your most authentic Path.
Emerge feeling lighter, grounded and more confident to take that next step.
Cailleach Bheara’s Lough / Lake of Sorrows
Your Guide
Vicky Flanagan is an intuitive energy worker living in her homeland of Ireland. She specialises in sacred site and land connection and uses her skills to support others in building an authentic relationship with the land of Ireland for deep healing and awakening.