{"id":41718,"date":"2026-06-19T03:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/cu-roi-mac-daire-at-caherconree\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T03:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:01:52","slug":"cu-roi-mac-daire-at-caherconree","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cu-roi-mac-daire-at-caherconree\/","title":{"rendered":"Cu Roi Mac Daire at Caherconree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><strong>C\u00fa Ro\u00ed Mac D\u00e1ire: Summer Solstice Storytelling at Caherconree<\/strong>&nbsp;is a special outdoor mythological performance taking place on&nbsp;<strong>Sunday 21 June<\/strong>&nbsp;at the ancient stone fortress on&nbsp;<strong>Caherconree<\/strong>&nbsp;where the&nbsp;<strong>C\u00fa Ro\u00ed Mac D\u00e1ire<\/strong>&nbsp;the druid king of west Kerry had his mythic stronghold which he could spin in the fog of night<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Join Foinse for a unique midsummer gathering in the landscape of Kerry myth, where story, music, acting and song meet on the mountain of C\u00fa Ro\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Attendees must book tickets in advance on Eventbrite, the event is free apart from 5 euro to cover shuttle bus. The shuttle bus will leave O Dwyer\u2019s Petrol station Upper Camp Village at&nbsp;<strong>12 noon on Sunday 21 June<\/strong>&nbsp;and bring audiences to the base of the mountain, where participants will be guided on foot to the fortress. The hike to the site will take approx 1.5 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show at the fortress will last approximately 45 minutes. There are no toilet facilities on the mountain. This is an immersive outdoor event in a spectacular upland setting, so suitable footwear, warm layers, some food, water &amp; a mat to sit on are strongly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The event will conclude with offering space for reflection, and communal acknowledgement of this ancient heritage site, before participants descend the mountain together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Come celebrate the summer solstice with Foinse in one of Kerry\u2019s most powerful mythological sites for the summer solstice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":41719,"template":"","class_list":["post-41718","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cu Roi Mac Daire at Caherconree - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"C\u00fa Ro\u00ed Mac D\u00e1ire: Summer Solstice Storytelling at Caherconree&nbsp;is a special outdoor mythological performance taking place on&nbsp;Sunday 21 June&nbsp;at the ancient stone fortress on&nbsp;Caherconree&nbsp;where the&nbsp;C\u00fa Ro\u00ed Mac D\u00e1ire&nbsp;the druid king of west Kerry had his mythic stronghold which he could spin in the fog of nightJoin Foinse for a unique midsummer gathering in the landscape of Kerry myth, where story, music, acting and song meet on the mountain of C\u00fa Ro\u00ed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/cu-roi-mac-daire-at-caherconree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cu Roi Mac Daire at Caherconree - 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