An annual Irish publication rooted in soil, stories, and our shared humanity
Le Chéile is a annual printed journal that features articles about culture, place, folklore and mythology.
As gaeilge Le Chéile means together. And truly, that is what our journal is about, tending our shared togetherness through stories, reflection, and connection.
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. In the shelter of each other the people live.
Each page of the journal contains beautiful graphic design interwoven with wild food and hedgerow recipes, academic and reflective articles, poetry, traditional and recent stories, rooted musings for our time, and so much more—drawing upon the rich voices and perspectives from people across Ireland and beyond.
To learn more about the inspiration behind the journal click here
Supporting Sustainability and Healthy Communities
Le Chéile is printed on recycled paper with ecological printing methods, with the profits from the journal go back into the community to help support re-planting native forests, community creativity, and heritage events.
How to Order
You can purchase a single issue of the journal or subscribe to our annual publication here or in our shop !
A 74-page publication, printed on high-quality recycled paper. Full colour & advert free.
A subscription to our annual publication, .you will receive 1 copy of the journal a year in the Spring
The Vision of Le Chéile Journal
We live in a time of many great changes. Here we stand at the crossroads.
How would things be different if were to approach the challenges of today with strength from memory, imagination and heart?
From these questions, the project of Le Chéile Journal was born.
Le Chéile brings together inspiring and powerful perspectives from people across Ireland with some special contributions from people overseas—helping reclaim our story about who we are as people, what we are capable of, and how we can harness our strengths to face the challenges of our time in Grace.
Le Chéile is a celebration of the soil that unites us all, to offer the gift of nourishment to the reader—to nurture the roots of creativity, culture, and community through reflective and informative writing, art and creativity.
Some of the contributors to the journal include:
Lucy O’Hagan
Founder of Wild Awake Ireland, Rites of Passage facilitator, forest-school teacher
Joe Hogan
Traditional and contemporary master basket maker based in Co. Galway
Chris Thompson
Story-teller, writer and poet. Co-founder of Story Archeology with Isolde Carmody
Andrew St. Ledger
Wood sculptor, furniture maker, steward of native ecosystem, teacher of traditional land-based knowledge
Tara De Róiste
Herbalist, land steward, and co-founder of Wild Routes Ireland
Ramon Elani
A scholar of literature and philosophy, author, and forest therapy guide
Interested in Becoming a Contributor to Our Next Issue?
We welcome submissions of writing, poetry, stories, art and photography for our journal. For writing and poetry submissions, please read our issue call out before submitting your work. Our 2022 issue call out will be available in July 2021. Sign up for our e-mail list below for to stay in touch with our announcements !
The deadline for 2022 submissions is November 1st, 2021.
Please send submission of work to submissions@lecheilejournal.ie
“In our culture one thing that we are missing is that these thresholds where we encounter the mystery and where we move into new change in our lives, there are no rituals to help us recognise them or to help us cross them worthily.”
-John O’Donohue