The Journey

We're Taking it to Ireland

Spend a week on this intimate group retreat with the lovely Irish-born-and-bred Jennifer Muldowney — learning keening and traditional Irish dance, visiting a green funeral home to understand the true "Irish Goodbye", exploring sacred sites like the Cave of the Cats where Samhain originated, walking the Cliffs of Moher, wandering through ancient castles, and taking in the literary and cultural heartbeat of one of the world's most spirited islands.

This is not a tour. It is an immersion — into grief as song, death as ritual, and life as something the Irish have always taken very, very seriously.

What Awaits

The Experiences

Keening Workshop

Learn the ancient Irish practice of ritual lament — the howling, wailing, sung grief that once carried the dead across the threshold.

Céilí Dancing

Traditional Irish dance as a living force — communal, joyful, and deeply rooted in the same culture that gave us our most beautiful funeral rites.

Green Funeral Home Visit

See what the true Irish Goodbye looks like — a green funeral home guided by simplicity, nature, and centuries of tradition.

Cave of the Cats

Visit Oweynagat — the Cave of Cats — the sacred portal to the Otherworld where Samhain itself was born.

Cliffs of Moher

Stand at the edge of the world. Walk the Cliffs of Moher and feel what it means to be alive at the boundary of something vast.

Giant's Causeway

Explore the mythic basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway — where geology becomes legend and the land itself tells stories of origin.

Ancient Castles

Wander through ruins and towers that have held witness to centuries of life, death, rebellion, and return.

Literary & Cultural Dublin

Marvel at the Book of Kells, wander pubs and bookshops, and absorb the heartbeat of a city that has produced more words about mortality, longing, and beauty than almost anywhere on earth.

St. Michan's Church Crypt

Descend into the vaults of St. Michan's, where centuries-old mummified remains rest in open caskets — one of Dublin's most extraordinary and eerie sacred spaces.

Your Guide

Jennifer Muldowney

Jennifer is Irish-born, Irish-bred, and has spent her career at the intersection of death, culture, and meaning. As a funeral director, author, and advocate for conscious end-of-life care, she brings an insider's warmth and a storyteller's eye to everything she touches.

On this retreat Jennifer will be your living guide to the death traditions, landscapes, and hidden corners of the island she calls home — the caves, the keeners, the green burials, and the extraordinary ordinary life that Irish culture weaves around mortality.

"Ireland has always known how to grieve. Come and learn from it."

The Route

Nine Days Across Ireland

Dublin
Arrival & Opening NightSettle in, meet the group, toast with something Irish. Evening orientation dinner and intention setting.
Dublin
Literary Dublin & Green Funeral HomeMorning city walk through the literary heartbeat of Ireland. Afternoon visit to a green funeral home — the Irish Goodbye up close.
Roscommon
Cave of the Cats (Oweynagat)Journey to the sacred portal of the Otherworld — the birthplace of Samhain. Keening workshop in the surrounding landscape.
Galway
Cliffs of Moher & Céilí DancingStand at the Atlantic edge. Evening céilí dancing with local musicians — grief and joy, inseparable.
Donegal
Ancient Castles & Wild Atlantic WayWander castle ruins, walk windswept coastline, stories of life and death in the wild northwest.
Antrim
Giant's CausewayWalk the mythic basalt columns. Afternoon reflection and group ritual at the water's edge.
Dublin
Closing Ritual & DepartureFinal morning together — a closing ceremony, sharing of intentions carried home. Departures September 4.

Investment

Join the Retreat

All-inclusive Retreat Price

$3,888

per person · small group of 7 total (including Jennifer)

Payment Plan Options

Deposit — Part 1
$1,296
Due by May 30 to secure your place
⚑ Deadline: May 30, 2026

Part 2

$1,296

Due July 1, 2026

Part 3

$1,296

Due August 1, 2026

To secure your place on the retreat, the first deposit of $1,296 must be received by May 30, 2026. Pay in full or spread across three equal payments — your place is held from the moment your deposit lands.

Pay Deposit — $1,296 Pay in Full — $3,888

Come Home toIreland