Muckross Abbey is a Thin Place Muckross Abbey is one of Ireland’s most evocative monastic ruins — a hauntingly beautiful Franciscan friary tucked into a wooded …
Monastic Sites
Reilig Odhraín – Iona Royal Burial Ground
Saint Oran's Graveyard at over 1000 years old is the final resting place of Kings, Warriors, Abbots, and the Highborn of Scotland, Ireland, and some Nordic …
Inchmahome Forest Walk – Stirlingshire, Scotland
Inchmahome Forest Walk Ancient Trees Inchmahome is a tiny island in the Lake of Menteith, which lies about halfway between Aberfoyle and Callander at the edge …
St. Gobnait’s Holy Well – Ballyvourney
In the early 6th century when Gobnait fled her home in County Clare, she went to Inis Oírr. We don’t know why she fled, only that she believed she would find re …
Kildare – St. Brigid’s Holy Well (Tobar Bride)
Legend tells us that St Brigid was born near Kildare to a slave mother who was a Christian and very sickly. As a child, Brigid persuaded the Druid master to …
A Walk to Athassel Priory
written by John Cash about the road that connects Cashel to the town of Golden where Athassel Priory is located. A medieval road that has so many …
An Ephipany in Ireland – Why do I Keep Going Back?
Every year we travel to Ireland with a few guests and we share with them some of our favorite thin places, mystical places where the veil between the two worlds …