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CELT - Centre for Environmental Living and Training - The West of Ireland's foremost charity for education and training in
traditional and ecological skills offers exciting package holidays with a difference. Learn a new skill and enjoy the scenery
and rich heritage of County Clare.
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| Stone Carving workshop |
Choose from several options to create a holiday that includes 3-days Traditional / Ecological skill + 1-day Free (or Guided
Walk) + 2-days learning a second Traditional / Ecological skill. Apart from the suggested options, we can also provide tailored
packages for groups throughout the year, which may include 3 or 4 days skills training plus 2 or 3 days guided walking along
part of the East Clare Way walking route.
Possible skills include Basket Weaving, Coppersmithing, Wood Carving, Eco-building skills (Dry-stone Walling / Uses of
lime / Cob and Cordwood), Stone Carving and Clay Sculpture, Silversmithing, Herb-lore, Spinning and Weaving, Blacksmithing,
Sugan Chair making with an option of Woodcrafts (8 - 14 yrs) for the August week.
In your free time, you could take a trip to The Burren, Connemara or Kerry - all within easy reach. East Clare itself
has much to see and do - visit the 6th century monastic site of Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) in Lough Derg, or beautiful Lough
Graney where 18th century poet Brian Merriman ran his "hedge school" and was inspired to write his epic poem "The
Midnight Court", or the ancient lake settlement of Craggaunowen with its reconstructed round-houses......
East Clare is renowned for its traditional music and we can reccommend sessions in local pubs for your entertainment.
There are also festivals of arts, music, drama in different towns and villages around the region throughout the summer.
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| Sugan Chair making |
Guided Walks - 1-day - Opportunity to sample a section of the excellent East Clare Way walking route and to visit examples
of Ireland's living natural heritage. Learn about the history of Ireland's temperate rain-forest with Andrew St Ledger (Heritage
Specialist - Native Woodlands):
Raheen Oak Wood - a rare pocket of ancient native woodland with mighty, gnarled oaks including the famous 'Brian Boru
Oak' said to be 1000 years old.
Cahermurphy Nature Reserve - a beautiful native woodland dominated by oaks with rare and unusual ferns, mosses and lichens
and frequented by deer, badger, fox, pine marten, red squirrel .....
Bealkelly Wood - an example of sustainably managed mixed woodland with many coppiced oaks (new growth from stumps of trees
cut 100 years ago). An ancient site with a holy well (certified the cleanest water in Clare !) adjacent to the old road connecting
two 11th century tower houses.
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| Scenic walking on the East Clare Way |
Choose a trip (Saturday arrival - Saturday leave):
WEEK (A) 24 -31 May = 3 days Eco-building, 1 day Guided Walking tour (or free day), 2 days Wood-Carving
WEEK (B) 21 - 28 June = 3 days Herb-lore or Basketry, 1 day Guided Walking tour (or free day), 2 days Silversmithing or
Spinning & Weaving
WEEK (C) 19 - 26 July = 3 days Blacksmithing / Coppersmithing, 1 day Guided Walking tour (or free day) , 2 days Blacksmithing
/ Coppersmithing
WEEK (D) 16 - 23 August = 3 days Sugan Chair making, 1 day Guided Walking tour (or free day) , 2 days Stone Carving /
Clay Sculpture. Option of Woodcrafts for youngsters (8 - 14 yrs).
WEEK (E) 6 - 13 September = 2 days Basketry, 1 day Guided Walking tour (or free day) , 3 days Sugan Chair making or Coppersmithing
WEEK (F) 11 - 18 October = 3 days Herb-lore or Wood Carving, 1 day Guided Walking tour (or free day), 2 days Silversmithing
or Spinning & Weaving
(All subject to availability and minimum numbers).
Rate : 875 euro per person per week (with guided walk day) or 825 euro per person per week (with free day) includes training
courses and accommodation (based on 2 sharing approved en-suite B&B)
BUDGET HOSTEL SELF-CATERING OPTION - 730 euro per person per week (with guided walk) or 680 euro (with free day), staying
at Loughnane's eco-friendly hostel in Feakle (prices include training courses)
SELF-CATERING COTTAGE OPTION (groups of 3 - 6)- 710 euro per person per week (with guided walk) or 660 euro (with free
day)...(2 persons)- 785 per person per week (with guided walk) or 735 euro (with free day)(prices include training courses)
SELF-CATERING MOBILE HOME OPTIONS (at Lakeside Holiday Park, Mountshannon): (2 persons)- 760 euro per person per week
(with guided walk) or 710 (with free day)
(3-5 berth) - 700 per person per week (with guided walk) or 650 (with free day) (prices include training courses)
CELT give priority to accommodation providers who use eco-friendly practices and products.
It is also possible to book a selected 2 or 3 day training course as advertised above but without accommodation included
(find your own). Rate : 80 euros per day.
Courses normally run from 10am to 4.30pm leaving long evenings for exploration and relaxation.
{Note: there may be a small materials charge if you are taking away a craft item}
PLEASE NOTE - Prices do not include travel or local transport, single supplement may apply. Full payment should be forwarded
to reach us by 21 days prior to the holiday - Cancellations after this time will be subject to 50% refund on total cost.
If, for any reason, CELT decide to cancel a holiday, remittance will be refunded in full.
SPECIAL OFFER ~ 10% DISCOUNT on all eco-trip weeks (accommodation included) booked more than 8 weeks in advance and for groups
of 4 or more !
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How To Book
Book your holiday by e-mail ( info@celtnet.org ) and send a bank-draft deposit 200 euros per person please to confirm (individual
2-day or 3-day course bookings send 100 euros pp).
Please state dates, number of persons and preferred course where choice is offered and please provide full contact details.
Also please indicate if you would be interested to share with other participants in the hire of local transport (e.g. people-carrier
or minibus) which we could arrange to collect you from airport / train / bus, for transfers between accommodation and activity
venues and for specific trips.
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| By the shores of Lough Derg on the Shannon Waterway |
info@celtnet.org
CELT
c/o East Clare Community Coop
Main Street
Scariff
Co.Clare
Ireland
Phone: (+353) 61-640765
Eco holidays - ecology - traditional skills - guided walks - East Clare Way - walking holidays - sustainable - environment
- nature conservation - weekend breaks - woodlands
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