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This self-paced online programme is a rare and original offering: a full-length, wholly original, 40,000-word immersion into the ancestral figure of the Cailleach Bhéarra—Hag of Beara, storm-maker, death midwife, and Bone Mother of the North. Crafted over decades by a Bantry native—where the Cailleach’s presence is still felt in stone, sea, and storm—this body of work is rooted in lived experience, cultural continuity, and a deep fidelity to the Irish mythic and oral traditions. Through ten rich chapters, we follow the Cailleach’s arc from Samhain to Imbolc, guided by story, folklore, cosmology, ritual, psychological insight, and elemental wisdom. This is no superficial exploration. It is a layered descent into the heart of winter, elderhood, and the rites of passage we have forgotten. In a time that has lost its elders, abandoned its rites of initiation, and grown rootless in the face of rapid change, the Cailleach returns as a necessary force. She invites us to remember what it means to grow old with courage, to sit at the threshold with dignity, and to let go with grace. Her presence restores a vital lineage—one that grounds, connects, humbles, and heals. You’ll receive full-length folklore retellings, seasonal teachings, land-based ritual practices, and cultural reflections that honour the Cailleach in her many forms: shapeshifter, sovereign, psychopomp, protector, and fierce bearer of truth. This is a soul-tending journey for those ready to walk with the Old One, to meet the dark with reverence, and to emerge remade. Let her guide you. Let her bless your bones. Please note this is not a reworking of someone else’s culture—it is a continuation of my own. This offering is part of a life’s work in the restoration of elderhood, earth-based wisdom, and cultural continuity. I was raised within the lands she walks and shaped by the stories that name her. I am this land, and this land is me. I am her, and she is me.