Celtic Fox Herbal

18/10/2025

Are you near Tralee this weekend?
Why not drop into the Rose Hotel where the Horan’s Health & Wellness Expo to have a chat with me about herbs and even try some of my Ivy Cream & Fox balm!

I run a clinic once a month at Horans Healthstore, The Square Tralee.

03/10/2025

Im starting my Free Herb Talk series in CORK CITY as part of the opening of my clinic!

All welcome this Sunday for some herby health chats, tastings, lots of information and just a bit of craic.

Yes, it’s completely free so that it is accessible. Though I do welcome donations to help with covering my expenses and time.

PLEASE BOOK by going to my website as it helps us know the numbers.

16/09/2025

Machrie Moor, the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
One of my all-time favourite complexes in one of my favourite places.

The plain is filled with standing stones and stone circles boasting 8, 10, 12 rocks, another one has two rings.

It doesn’t matter how much we speculate about the reason they have been laid out this way, they just are. Just as the plants that grow around them. Bog myrtle, big cotton, rushes, Rowan trees…

It’s during moments like these while breathing in the landscape and the fresh breeze that you tap into the tangible reality around you. And you can just allow the reverence to take you on a wild journey.

There is no (bad) news from the media, no buzzing cities, no modern anxieties - only nature and the remains of a civilisation long gone (And plenty of sheep). That is the healing nature of the wilder landscapes.
It reminds me of John Moriarty who said something along the lines of: “Unless there’s wildness around you, something terrible happens to the wildness within you”.

Be wild 🌳

We had a wonderful visit with herbalists Keith Robertson and Nicola Dee Kelly at their herb farm on the Isle of Arran, visiting our Celtic family over the Irish Sea.

29/08/2025

The Glastonbury Tor 🏰
Thought to be the seat of the Holy Grail, or perhaps the tomb of King Arthur and Guinevere.

An ancient ruin is thought to have been discovered by the Coarb Pádraig back in the 6th century along with his entourage during his travels here (appropriated by the Catholic Church he is now known as “St Patrick”).

This place sits on so-called lay lines or energy centres, if you may, and attracts people of all walks and faiths.

At the base of the hill sits two wells on either side of the path up to the Tor. The Chalice Well and the White Well.

The Chalice (or Red) Well represents the masculine where-out springs iron-rich water surrounded by an orderly abundant garden.

The White Well is inside a dark and wet candle-lit Victorian stone well house representing the feminine, the womb where chaos draws new life.

It is an absolutely fascinating place if you ever have a chance to go. My family and I went there with intention, to let go of the things that no longer serve the us and plant the seed of the fruitful things that are to come into our lives.

Personally, being able to reinforce my herbal path is an important step as I walk this journey with my family, friends and community. 🌿🪴🌻

I’ve been mildly “allergic” of all things Social Media these days, especially when it comes to how much it feeds the egos of people on here, and displays only a the superficial skim of everyone’s reality. Like the trophy cabinet of each other’s lives.

I know the unfortunate necessity of it for business, so I’m trying to find ways to make a return while keeping things educational, informative and modest. So please bear with me as I figure this out !

So please feel free to send me any suggestions of what you’d like me to make content on 🌳🙏🏻

03/06/2025

Fascinating!

02/05/2025

Our home clinic is up and running between Fermoy & Ballyduff!

I do a FREE 15-minute discovery call so we can chat about your health, what we can do about it and answer any preliminary questions.

Message me on facebook or use the booking form on the website:
https://celticfoxherbal.com/ -call

16/04/2025

Ah, Melissa! 🪴

Your lemony scent lifts the spirits of all who pass by. I often wonder, did plants inspire human names, or did we name ourselves after them?

Lemon balm, also Bee balm, or Melissa officinalis, is a mint that chose to smell like lemons. It thrives in our Irish garden, seeding itself freely. From a single plant, it’s now flourishing across the garden.

Now is the perfect time to harvest, before it flowers and while the flavour is at its peak. Unlike other mints that spread via roots, lemon balm stays in tidy clumps, spreading through its highly fertile flowers. Pollinators like hoverflies and bumblebees adore them.

Traditionally, it’s used to calm the mind and body. Its gentle citrus aroma soothes digestion and can ease grumpiness. Mrs. Grieve notes it’s a carminative, febrifuge, and diaphoretic, meaning it helps to cool the body or break a fever especially when accompanied by a cold.

In larger doses, when combined with other herbs, Melissa acts as a mild antidepressant and relaxant. It’s beneficial for nervous excitability, hyperthyroidism, migraines, stomach cramps, urinary infections, and even conditions like shingles and herpes.

My wife enjoys adding a few leaves to our water jug with mint for a refreshing drink. Some folks make syrups or use it in cooking. It doesn’t dry well, the lemon flavour fades, so I like to enjoy it fresh when I can!

25/09/2024

17/06/2023

If you want to go on a journey of love, healing and freedom around Ireland with my 3 artist friends, then watch this documentary. It’s a positive documentary showing a the beauty of Eire as they climbed 32 mountains in 32 counties in 32 days.
I’ve edited this! If you like it, share it and give it thumbs up on YouTube to help it spread! 🌿🐺

In the winter of 2021, three artists came together as brothers and set out on a quest to call in the intentions of love, healing and freedom to the land of É...

01/05/2023

I've been invited to chat on the Ways We Witch online summit happening this coming weekend (5-7th May).
There will be lots of fascinating topics from the esoteric, the fascinating and the wonderful. There will be a lot of good speakers so it's worth checking out. Tickets are on offer at a third of the price until midnight (EDT time I think?).
I will be doing a couple of workshops on:
- Crude Tinctures - And how to make them
- Ogham Plants and the Brehon Tree laws - Talking about the wonderful reasons the Gaels protected and emphasised the plants mentioned in these old systems. Their uses as medicine, food and craft and some symbology.

Click on this link if you are interested!

Featuring a personally curated selection of Wisdom Keepers on vast and varied Witchy subjects, this Summit is meant to pique your curiosity, excite your spirit, and help you learn something new... seasoned Pagans and Baby Witches alike!

28/04/2023

I’m back!

🌱 Where have you been?
I’ve been enjoying a year focussing on the more important things in life. Building a beautiful relationship with my soon to be wife, building a home after moving house, tending to things that, under the watchful eyes of the digital world, would appear mundane yet are far more important than the metaverse.
I’ve been busy with other things in the herbal world too which just haven’t allowed me the time to focus energy on Instagram or making content.

🌿 Why the radio silence?
It wasn’t so much a choice as it was a natural occurrence. I became allergic of Social Media for a while and decided to focus on the side of my life I keep private. I wanted to “reset” my relationship with Social Media so I could return to it in a healthier way, focussing on being informative and educational with regards to all things on plants and herbalism.

🌳 So what now?
A gentle slip back into relatively regular content about plants, my experience with them, foraging, herbal medicine and linking the lore from the beautiful indigenous culture and that precedes Ireland.

🪴 Will you go in TikTok?
I don’t think so - for various reasons but mostly for keeping everything simple for me. I will draw whoever is interested in my content here or eventually to my YouTube / website. A good quality of followers or community over quantity is what I prefer.

🌲 Will you be making products again?
Most definitely yes, I have a few things happening, so keep an eye out. Due to popular demand, I will be soon making a new batch of Ivy cream!

🐶 Who’s the puppy?
Her name is Talamh (Earth as Gaeilge), our wonderful and beautiful (and sometimes bold) pup.

👉 Any questions for me? Feel free to ask them in the comments