Keening Circle

🕯️ KEENING CIRCLE

An evening ritual of grief, voice & remembrance

Grief is not meant to be carried alone.

On November 1st, we gather inside an old stone roundhouse on private land near Bangor - around the fire, under the weight of time and sky - to remember how our ancestors grieved together.

The Caoineadh, the Irish keen or lament , was once a communal practice. A way of sounding grief into the world through wailing, rocking, singing, and remembering. It was how the body and the village made sense of loss. How love stayed in motion.

In this circle, we reawaken that ancient art through a modern, trauma-informed lens. It's an invitation to meet the river of grief gently, to move in and out of feeling without being swept away.

Through grounding, voice, story, sound, and community, we’ll explore what it means to express emotion safely, collectively, and with reverence. You don’t need a single loss to mourn; grief may rise for a person, a pet, a language, a season, or the sorrows of the world.

This space is for those who can meet what arises with curiosity and care — for those ready to honour their boundaries and capacity while touching the deeper layers of what it means to be human.
If your grief is very fresh, raw, or if you tend to dissociate or enter disembodied states during emotional intensity, please check in beforehand to make sure the space will support you.

Suggested donation: £30 (or name your price)
7–9pm · Private farm near Bangor

“An rud nach féidir a leigheas, caoin é.”
(What cannot be healed, let it be keened.)

Come as you are.
Let your grief be carried.
Let your voice join the river.

And drop me a message if you have any questions!