Ireland Retreat 2025
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Dare to dream, dare to leap: Rewrite your story on Ireland's mystical pathway.
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June 3rd - 10th
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RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAYLearn more about Ireland.
Meet Susanna Liller and Margaret Jones. This is no ordinary retreat. It's a homecoming, a reawakening to the magic within each woman's soul. This is just the beginning of your own mystical Irish story.
Reserve Your Spot!Ireland Retreat $2600 plus airfare
FROM EMERALD SHORES TO STARLIT SKIES: RECONNECT WITH NATURE AND AWAKEN YOUR HIDDEN POWER.Â
Join us as we walk where queens reigned and goddesses danced. It's time to weave your own legend in the mystical land of Ireland.Â
This 8 - day pilgrimage for only ten women will begin in Offaly County on the Annaharvey Farm, where we will experience the breathtaking green of the countryside and walk among sheep that graze the fields. We will travel the arc of time to Neolithic burial chambers like Newgrange, to the Hill of Tara where Irish kings were crowned, medieval monastic sites of Clonmacnoise, Gendalough and St. Brigid’s Cathedral. Other significant sites will be visited: Dublin’s cobblestoned streets, Uisneach, the mythological center of Ireland and Fore Abbey where we will visit an anchorite cell.
We will deepen our understanding of the Heroine’s journey through ritual, music, mythic stories, Tarot cards, and conversation as we walk this journey through time together.
Dates: June 3rd to 10th 2025
Cost: $2600 plus airfare
The total cost for the trip is $2600. Your airfare is NOT included. You must make your travel arrangements to Ireland. Lodging, daily breakfast, workshop fees, and all transportation and entrance fees are included.
PAYMENTS
Our trip is sold out!
After the initial $400 deposit, a balance of $2200 is due May 1st, 2025.
ONE PAYMENT OF $2200:
For those who prefer to pay in full upfront, we offer a one-time payment option for the weHeroines trip to Ireland in June 2025. This allows you to pay the entire $2200 trip cost at once, eliminating any further installments or payment plans. This payment can be made anytime.
Pay $2200 nowFOUR INSTALLMENTS OFÂ $550:
We understand that a lump sum payment isn't always feasible, so we're excited to offer a convenient payment plan for our weHeroines trip to Ireland in June 2025. This payment enrollment opens on January 1st, allowing you to make your first $550 payment anytime during the month. After that, your remaining balance of $1650 will be automatically divided and deducted into three equal monthly payments of $550, processed exactly one month after the initial payment.
For example, if you made your first payment on January 15th, our system will charge your card on February 15th, March 15th, and April 15th.Â
ALL FOUR PAYMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY MAY 1ST.
*** If you prefer more flexibility when picking the day you choose to send in one of your four payments, you can also send Susanna a check or use Venmo. Please reach out to Susanna to make these arrangements.
Pay Your First Installment of $550Itinerary
Day One:  Fly to Dublin Airport and stay at AnnaHarvey Bed and Breakfast, Tullamore, Ireland.
Day Two: – Dublin 8:30-9:00 departure
Dublin City – Walking Tour
Begin our tour at St. Audoen’s Church where the oldest bells in Dublin reside as well as the starting point for all pilgrimages. Then to St. Patrick’s Well and Cathedral where we will visit the Black Madonna. After lunch in downtown Dublin, we will visit Trinity College, The Book of Kells, and St. Stephen’s Green to see a famous stained-glass window by Harry Clark. Free time will be offered to walk Grafton Street and Temple Bar. Dinner in Dublin.
Dinner will be in Dublin.Â
Day Three: - St. Brigid’s Cathedral and Well
Our first stop will be the Visitor’s Center in Kildare where we will have an immersive experience of Brigid as the Goddess as well as the Saint. We will visit the Cathedral and offer a prayer to the Fire Temple where the priestesses tended the eternal flame. After lunch, we will visit Solas Bhride, the place where the eternal flame is housed by the Brigatine nuns. We will visit with the nuns and walk the labyrinth behind the building.
 St Brigid's Well, County Kildare. This well is reputedly a 'healing well', one of many in Ireland. The well is still a popular place of pilgrimage where healing liturgies are often held. St Brigid's well is situated where the location of her double monastery once stood in Kildare Town, close to the Black Abbey.
Dinner will be near Anna Harvey Farm.
Day Four: The Boyne Valley and Hill of Slane and Hill of Tara Today we will visit the Boyne Valley beginning at the Informational Center at Newgrange. We will have a walking tour of Newgrange. Lunch will be in the café.
The afternoon will take us to the Hill of Tara where the high kings of Ireland were crowned. We will tie clooties on the Wishing Tree and conduct a ceremony in honor of the sacred marriage that was performed between the Goddess and the High King. After the Hill of Tara we will visit The Hill of Slane where there is a well-preserved tower is to be found among the ruins of a Franciscan Monastery, dating from 1512, itself built on site of a monastery founded by St. Erc, a follower of St. Patrick.
The ruins of a college, built to house four priest, four lay brothers and four choristers, also remain. These were built by the Flemings (Barons of Slane from the 11th – 17th Centuries) for Franciscans; the family coat of arms can be seen on the west wall of the college quadrangle. Thirty years after its foundation, the monastery was dissolved by King Henry VIII, its land and wealth appropriated. In 1631, the Flemings restored the monastery. It became home to Capuchins monks, who in turn, were driven out in 1651 by Oliver Cromwell.
A quick visit to Mrs. O’s Pub and dinner will be in a neighboring town or back at the farmhouse. Â
Day Five: - Clonmacnoise, Lough Boora National Park and Uisneach.
Clonmacnoise : An Early Christian site founded by St. Ciarán in the mid-6th century on the eastern bank of the River Shannon.
After lunch we will visit the beautiful Lough Boora National Park to walk the land.
In the afternoon we will visit “The navel of Ireland” or the seat of the Sun God, Lugh and be guided by a master storyteller who will walk us through this storied landscape.
Dinner will be in a neighboring town or back at the farmhouse.
Day 6 – The Piper’s Stones, Wicklow Gap and Glendalough,Â
Day 7 - Loughcrew and Fore Abbey Loughcrew “The Hag’s Chair” Otherwise known as the “Hills of the Witch” This passage tomb complex tells the story of the “Hag.” These hills are associated with the Goddess Maeve.
Day 8 – June 10 Tuesday - Departure
We will be leaving at 8:00 am to get to Dublin Airport for an 11:30 am departure time.
Live Zoom Info Q & A
Join us on September 17th at 6 - 7 pm EST as we unveil the magic in store for you on this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Dive deeper into the itinerary, get all your questions answered, and let your wanderlust take flight as we paint a vivid picture of the wonders awaiting you.
Q & A Zoom Link
"Each journey is unique; each journey is magical!"
- Nancy FL
I'm Susanna Liller.
Susanna Liller is the founder of The School for Real-Life Heroines where she coaches and guides women through the transitions of their real-life heroine’s journeys. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), an award-winning author (You Are a Heroine: A Retelling of the Hero’s Journey) and like Margaret, has also accompanied women on retreat – to France – Paris, Chartres Cathedral and Provence.Â


"These pilgrimages are wonderful opportunities to hear the sacred story of a place and learn how the stories resonate in our lives at this time.  "
- Carol, CA
I'm Margaret Jones.
Margaret Jones is an award-winning storyteller and national trainer. She is a seasoned traveler who has been visiting sacred sites for over 30 years. She has also taken groups on sacred journeys to Ireland and Wales. She is a published author. Her book Walking Sacred Sites is in local bookstores as well as in London, Philadelphia and Berkeley, Ca.
Visit her website for more information.
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