Mystical Ireland – The Power Of Ancient Cures and Curses

Healers are practicing a tradition that is thousands of years old but is in a very delicate state, whereby we could lose our cures within 20/30 years.  

We are delighted to welcome Sarah McKenna Dunne to the centre to give a 45 minute storytelling performance intertwining Irish mythology and her personal journey collecting stories from ordinary people who practice an extraordinary tradition. For two years, Sarah has been documenting traditional cures in her home region on the border counties of Ireland and now she wants to tell you about where this ancient practice fits in with modern Ireland. 'The cure', as it is known, is the ability of a person, place, or object to heal varied but specific illnesses because of the conditions of their existence. An unusual tradition for a Western European country to still have that survived centuries of colonialization, religious change, and famine, the cure connects…