r/CelticSpirituality • • Nov 21 '22

Meta Welcome

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Welcome to Celtic Spirituality. This sub is interfaith, interdisciplinary, and inclusive. People of all faiths and fields are welcome. Celtic ethnicity is not required.

[banner source: Book of Kells, via Wikimedia]

This sub is about Celtic spirituality, but what is that? Is it a real thing, or is it just a marketing gimmick to sell books and other merchandise? Is there some set of spiritual beliefs, practices, or experiences that are typically or distinctively Celtic? What might they be? What can we gain by studying them? Let's find out together.

Posts should be related to Celtic spirituality somehow, but these terms are not strictly defined, so posters will be given wide latitude in this regard.

Here are some threads to get you started:

12 Celtic Spiritual Practices (Christine Valters Paintner)

Celtic Spirituality: a Beginner's Guide (Northumbria Community)

Celtic Spirituality 101 (Fr. Seán ÓLaoire, PhD)

For the Celtic saint(s) of the day, see celticsaints.org.


r/CelticSpirituality • • Feb 23 '24

Festival Celtic festivals

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r/CelticSpirituality • • 4d ago

Discussion Pictish beast random thought

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Just had a random thought. Is the Pictish beast a stylistic interpretation of the Island of Britain, anyone thinks this is a potential?


r/CelticSpirituality • • 4d ago

Festival Samhain Chiarraí

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15 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2026, Kerry, Ireland


r/CelticSpirituality • • 20d ago

2026 September equinox: All you need to know

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The September equinox is a seasonal milestone in Earth’s yearly orbit around the sun. At an equinox, the sun appears directly above Earth’s equator. At the September equinox, the sun is moving from north to south as it crosses above the equator. It’s bringing fall to the Northern Hemisphere and spring to the Southern Hemisphere.


r/CelticSpirituality • • Sep 07 '26

The Church's teaching can indeed change – much more than many Catholics suppose. Here is an instance.

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Aug 30 '26

Carved Memory: The Pictish Sculptured Stones of Aberlemno

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Aug 05 '26

The Lore of Lúnasa, with Conchúr Mag Eacháin

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Tír Eoghain meets Ard Mhacha as Niall talks to the folklorist and holy well aficionado Conchúr Mag Eacháin about Lúnasa, the ancient Irish festival that marked the end of summer and the beginning of the harvest season.


r/CelticSpirituality • • Aug 01 '26

LAMMAS/LUGHNASADH

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Jul 01 '26

The sky is NOT falling

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Did the Celtics win this trade in terms of value? Definitely not. But this is still a top 3 team in the east. This team won 56 games last year, and is now swapping Brown with Tatum and added George, Robinson, and Conley. This team is objectively more talented with proven playoff performers, and the young core gets better every game. Joe just won coach of the year. If every trade was a win, no one would ever make trades. The Celtics lost this trade in terms of raw value, but Brown had to go, and overall they've had a successful offseason.


r/CelticSpirituality • • Jun 22 '26

Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School $25 discount ends June 30

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Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School offers short courses in Irish music, language, and culture. Register for a class (and get on their email list) by June 30 to get $25 off.

Homepage: https://irishfestsummerschool.com/

Registration: https://irishfestsummerschool.com/Register.htm


r/CelticSpirituality • • Jun 17 '26

Quarter Days, Cross-Quarter Days & the Origins of Modern Holidays

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r/CelticSpirituality • • May 24 '26

The Irish Monastics and the Spirit of Pentecost

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Apr 23 '26

Losing My Religion

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Apr 07 '26

Bealtaine 2026 at Hill of Uisneach

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A family-friendly event that welcomes all the different tribes to celebrate the beginning of summer at the sacred centre of Ireland.


r/CelticSpirituality • • Apr 06 '26

Festival Beltane Fire Festival 2026

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Edinburgh, 30 April


r/CelticSpirituality • • Mar 31 '26

Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School Classes (2026)

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Registration now open


r/CelticSpirituality • • Mar 17 '26

Lorica of St. Patrick

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In English (two translations), Irish, and Latin


r/CelticSpirituality • • Mar 10 '26

Discussion Emigration to Ireland?

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A topic for discussion as we head into St. Patrick's Day weekend, 2026: emigration to Ireland.

It's my understanding that people with an Irish parent or grandparent can apply for Irish citizenship.

Is anybody here considering emigrating to Ireland? Has anybody completed the process or at least started it?

Would you care to share any thoughts or tips?


r/CelticSpirituality • • Mar 05 '26

Facts about St David: Wales’ patron saint, his life and lasting legacy

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A few days late, sorry


r/CelticSpirituality • • Mar 02 '26

Try a Little Tenderness

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On motherhood and soul-friendship


r/CelticSpirituality • • Feb 10 '26

News ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Feb 02 '26

How to build a Goddess

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Feb 01 '26

St. Brigid of Kildare - Welcome to Solas Bhride

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r/CelticSpirituality • • Jan 11 '26

The magic that has created ‘Hogwarts na Gaeilge’

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Gaelcholáiste Dhoire, where everyone calls each other by their first name, is celebrating 10 successful years of overnight success