Healing Herbs in Ancient Ireland – the traditional spiritual and practical use of herbs in our ancient past and how these traditions can be revived for every day health.
This talk explores the healing modalities of our ancient and recent past, here in Ireland and considers some vital questions. How did our ancestors deal with sickness and injury? What was the belief system around sickness? What was their philosophy of the cause and cure of disease? What was their relationship with the plant world? Is our indigenous medicine still available to us? Can we use our indigenous plants today for medicine and if so – how? If so – why?
These are some of the questions that will be addressed in this talk before moving on to look at some of the plants that were and are used in herbal or plant medicine.
Ireland is an island country on the far western edge of the European continent which was invaded several times. The people of Ireland today are descended from these invaders. It is this Gaelic/Celtic family whose healing modalities, philosophies and view of the cosmos that Terri Conroy presents in this talk. Terri refers to several modalities of healing covering plants then and now, dealing with the core question of plant medicine usage.
Directions: Situated just off the R705 Bagenalstown – Borris Road, the herb gardens are 6km from Bagenalstown.
Type of event: This talk takes place indoors, with an opportunity to view the Herb Gardens before or after the talk. There are two talks scheduled for the afternoon, each covering the same topic, the first at 3 p.m. and the second at 5.30 p.m.
About Terri Conroy
Terri Conroy is a teacher and a herbalist in the wise woman tradition. She loves folklore and history and her garden, “Danu’s Irish Herb Garden” is dedicated to the ancient Mother Goddess Danu and is a garden of healing, magic, plant wisdom and herbal medicine along with practical living.
Terri loves to blend the power of herbal medicine with the magic of our ancestral past in a way that revives not only our physical bodies but also our spirit and natural balance within the great flow of life.
“I love teaching,” she says “and I love to empower people so I teach about the healing power of plants and how easy it is for anyone to access plant healing”.
Terri lives in Connemara and grows herbs, vegetables, fruit and trees and forages for plant medicine from her garden, hedgerows and meadows. Terri will have signed copies of her books available on the day “The Weed Handbooks” Volumes 1 and 2. €10 each.
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