Ann Cleary is a Movement Medicine teacher and is reigned by the Movement Medicine Association as a professional teacher. She brings to her teaching her love of dance, her own experience of the healing and medicine of moving, her love of life and her practical and academic trainings in facilitation and personal development. For further information contact danceintolife@gmail.com or call 00353 86 7727096. focus on finding the embodied feminine in all of us
Carmel Boyle is an Irish singer and composer of spiritually orientated songs. She has facilitated retreats based on her songs and inspired by Celtic Christian spirituality for many years. Her songs are evocative and her voice has a pure angelic quality that exudes a healing energy and touches hearts. Her songs are inspired by her own spiritual journey, her Irish spiritual heritage and the writings of Christian mystics. . Carmel’s work is influenced by her belief that the expressive arts can be a doorway to Divine encounter Carmel has made several albums including her recently launched new CD ‘Monasterboice: A Thin Place’ which celebrates the spiritual heritage of the monastic site at Monasterboice in Co. Louth Carmel is an…
Úna, a mixed media artist, grew up in Kerry but is now based in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan.Her work is influenced by her background in communication and personal development, as well as her concerns for the environment and worryingly fast pace of consumption and subsequent waste. Using mainly re-purposed textiles for their rich narrative, the pieces are quirky, instantly recognisable but always thought provoking. Through her labour intensive work she explores our emotional relationship with Time, Materials and Heritage.She studied at NCAD and graduated with a first class (hons) degree in Textile Art and Artefact. This was the culmination of a long journey of exploring art as a language of expression.Having previously attained a BA (Hons) Mgt from the…
St. Brigid’s Cross Making Workshops Maura Lennon is a native of Faughart Parish and grew up just a few miles from St.Brigid’s Shrine. Maura has been making St. Brigid’s Crosses since childhood and has a host of wonderful stories about visiting the Shrine and Hill of Faughart as a child and taking part in all the celebrations for St.Brigid’s Day over the last 50+ years. Maura has been involved with the Brigid of Faughart Festival since it began. At the festival Cross Making Workshops, her stories of Brigid’s life and the traditions associated with Her Feast Day around Faughart and Dundalk continue to fascinate and enthrall all who hear them.