30/07/2025
You are invited to join our celebration. We are about to gather in the spirit of Lughnasadh - a festival rich with myth, gratitude, and the divine hush of late summer. We offer you a glimpse into its ancient origins and extend a heartfelt invitation to celebrate this turning with us.
In the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Lughnasadh (pronounced Loo-nah-sah) marks the first of three ancient harvest festivals, followed by Mabon and Samhain. Traditionally celebrated on August 1st, it is a sacred threshold between the fullness of summer and the early stirrings of autumn - a time to honour both abundance and impermanence.
Lughnasadh is named after the Irish god Lugh, a multifaceted deity of the Tuatha DĂ© Danann known for his skills as a warrior, craftsman, poet, and protector. According to Irish mythology, Lugh established the festival in honour of his foster mother, Tailtiu, who died after clearing the Irish plains for agriculture. Lughnasadh emerged as a time to honour the dead, give thanks for the harvest, and celebrate the fruits of labour.
In early Gaelic tradition, the festival was held on hilltops and in sacred gathering places. People came together for community games, storytelling, matchmaking, craft fairs, trial marriages, and ritual offerings to the land. The first grains of the season were baked into bread and offered back to the earth in gratitude. This was a time to recognise what had been gathered, what had been given by nature, by ancestors, and by the invisible forces that shape life.
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