I help people understand Ireland's sacred spaces on their own terms.

Where This Started

Síle's journey into heritage accessibility wasn't planned. It happened through noticing something obvious once you see it — that Ireland's most remarkable spiritual sites weren't actually accessible to the people who wanted to visit them most.

She spent her first five years as a field archaeologist with the Irish Archaeological Consultancy, surveying monastic sites across Munster. Rock of Cashel, Hore Abbey, smaller abbeys tucked into rural valleys — she knew these places intimately, stone by stone, foundation by foundation. But archaeology is one kind of knowledge.

The shift came through volunteer work with Age Action Ireland. She was helping older people navigate heritage sites and kept hitting the same barriers: uneven ground that wasn't documented anywhere, rest areas that didn't exist, routes that looked manageable on a map but felt punishing in practice. The sites themselves were wonderful. The access was the problem.

That's when it clicked. Her archaeological training wasn't wasted — it gave her the credibility and the detail-oriented thinking required. But accessibility needed something different: empathy paired with precision, and a willingness to measure everything because nothing could be left to assumption.

Since then, she's authored accessibility assessments adopted by the Heritage Council, consulted with the National Disability Authority on site improvements, and created detailed walking guides for sites across the region. She's driven by one belief: age shouldn't diminish access to Ireland's spiritual and historical treasures.