Ireland Retreats 2026

Two deeply beautiful fiber journeys through Ireland.

Join an intimate circle of makers for luxury lodging, private transportation, textile heritage, Irish wool, masterclasses, botanical dyeing, castle evenings, island landscapes, and the quiet pleasure of making by hand in the places where the stories began.

Wild West & Aran IslandsSoft South & East

Season

September 2026

Arrival Airport

Shannon Airport (SNN)

Format

Two 7-night retreats

Choose Your Ireland

One country. Two moods. Both designed for women who love fiber, beauty, and slow travel.

Our Ireland retreats are intentionally intimate and thoughtfully paced. Each journey includes a distinct regional arc, private transportation, beautiful lodging, hands-on fiber instruction, cultural experiences, and unhurried time to knit, rest, and take in the landscape.

Tour 1

The Wild West & Aran Islands

Tuesday, September 1 – Tuesday, September 8, 2026

The Vibe

Rugged, historic, beautiful autumn daylight, and deeply rooted in the origins of traditional Aran knitting.

Route

Galway City, Connemara, and Inis Mór

Signature Experiences

  • Boutique Galway stay and traditional welcome dinner
  • Connemara sheep farm, shearing, and handspinning
  • Private textile history workshop and Galway yarn crawl
  • Eco-botanical dyeing with native Irish botanicals
  • Short island flight over Galway Bay to Inis Mór
  • Traditional Aran cabling masterclass with a native island instructor
  • Silent Stitch session overlooking the Atlantic
  • Farewell dinner with a private, lighthearted Céilí
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Tour 2

The Soft South & East

Friday, September 11 – Friday, September 18, 2026

The Vibe

Lush, cozy autumn foliage, luxury castle living, boutique hand-dyeing, contemporary texture, and soft Irish elegance.

Route

County Kerry, Ballyseede Castle, Wicklow Mountains, and Blessington Lakes

Signature Experiences

  • Castle welcome at Ballyseede Castle Hotel
  • Modern cable architecture workshop with Carol Feller of Stolen Stitches
  • Private culinary demonstration with the castle chef
  • Kerry Woollen Mills visit and texture workshop
  • Castle afternoon tea and garden Silent Stitch session
  • Alpaca fiber and drop spindle handspinning
  • Botanical dyeing at Ériu Farm in the Wicklow Mountains
  • Tunisian crochet and folklore-inspired shawl geometry with Aoibhe Ní
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Why Ireland

This is not ordinary sightseeing. It is textile travel with a sense of place.

Ireland is one of the rare destinations where fiber traditions do not have to be added to the itinerary. They are already there: in sheep farms, island knitting, old mills, wool shops, mountain dye plants, contemporary design studios, and the warm social rhythm of gathering after dinner with yarn in hand.

These retreats are designed for women who want their travel to feel beautiful, but not shallow. Comfortable, but not generic. Social, but never overwhelming. Structured enough to feel cared for and spacious enough to feel restored.

Whether you are drawn to the rugged heritage of Galway, Connemara, and the Aran Islands or to the soft elegance of Kerry, Wicklow, castle rooms, and modern Irish design, the invitation is the same: arrive, exhale, and let Ireland meet you through wool.

Reserve Your Place

Two small groups. Two beautiful Ireland experiences.

Each retreat is designed to feel intimate, polished, and deeply personal. Review both itineraries, choose the journey that calls to you, and join us for a week of fiber, friendship, landscape, and restoration.

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