Cruinniú Lughnasa
Rekindling Ancient lifeways for Decolonial Futures
A five-day gathering grounded in ancestral knowledge, cultural repair, and the living, mythic land of northwest Donegal. This is not just a festival, but an invitation to remember, repair, and reclaim.
Bringing together culture tenders, tradition bearers, language activists, song weavers, storytellers, and local community, we will explore how traditional Gaelic lifeways can nourish pathways of decolonisation, rewilding, and cultural and ecological regeneration.
Rooted on 43 upland acres stewarded by a seventh-generation farmer using regenerative agriculture practices, this gathering offers a space to unlearn separation, re-weave our relationship with land and culture, and dream into being new/old ways of living in right relation with the Earth.
Workshops & Offerings
Each day will offer a mix of structured and open sessions. Some workshops are drop-in; others will require sign-up. Participants are also encouraged to host offerings... a story, a skill-share, a circle, a song.
Previous offerings have included:
🪨 Tigh n’Alluis (sweat house) construction
🔥 Teine Èiginn: Collectively exploring and reviving the old traditions of fire
🐇 Rabbit skin tanning
🌿 Natural dyes, inks, pigments and paints
🐎 Working Ponies; workshops & demonstrations
🦴 Bone craft
🧺 Basket weaving
🌰 Eel skin tanning
🌱 Regenerative agriculture, decolonisation, land back, rewilding discussions
📖 Scéalaíocht & Gaeilge
🌸 Reclaiming menarche rites of passage, experiential animism, distillation & plant journeying
🗣️ Amhránaíocht
🌼 Luibeanna Leighis
🪵 Pedal-powered lathe
🦌 Slí na Fiadh
🧶 Working with Wool
We aspire for this. to be an open learning space. Emergent knowledge, community-led offerings, and spontaneous co-creation are central to the spirit of this gathering.
