10:30am Arrive and experience a Celtic Morning Prayer or Celtic Eucharist in the Lady Chapel of the Old Cathedral.
11:00am Coffee and introductions.
11:30am A guided walk around the old cathedral focusing on aspects of the Celtic heritage.
12:00 to 1:00pm An introduction to Celtic Spirituality
1:00pm to 2:00pm Lunch in The Pilgrims’ Table restaurant.
Opportunity for walking in the cathedral gardens, or a guided walking pilgrimage to St. Brigid’s well (20 minutes walk)
2:00pm to 3:00pm Celtic Spirituality/Peace and reconciliation – aspects for discussion.
3:00pm to 3:30pm Evening prayer or Celtic Eucharist.
Other possibilities
- A shorter stay with some of the above – this could offer time to visit some of the other centres in Armagh – for example
- St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral.
- The 18th century Armagh Public Library or the Cardinal O’Fiaich Memorial Library.
- The Museum, St. Patrick’s Trian, The Palace Stables.
- Navan Fort.
- An Art workshop in the afternoon – e.g. Creating Celtic mandalas.
Costs
A whole day stg£10.00 per person.
A half day stg£7.00 per person
(Lunch to be paid for separately at the restaurant – usually around 5:00 per person, depending on how much people choose to eat).
Directions to Armagh
From Belfast, take the M1 motorway south; take the slip road (M12) to Armagh; follow the road-signs around Portadown to Armagh. Approaching Armagh, go straightover at all roundabouts. This will take you to the Centre of Armagh, and up College Hill. At the top the road bends sharply right, down The Shambles, at the mini-roundabout take first right, up Dawson Street to the old cathedral (St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland cathedral). Parking is available in the grounds of the cathedral.
From Dublin, come to Armagh via Newry. Then drive along the mall to the roundabout facing the Courthouse. Take first left up College Hill and follow rest of directions above.
There are regular buses to Armagh from both Belfast and Dublin.
