Is Feidir Gael-Linn: Why a trip to the Waterford Gaeltacht is a great holiday

Operated by Éimhín Ní Conchubhair and her brother, Cian, Sólás na Mara is a wellness centre with a Celtic Sea twist.

Seaweed baths at Sólas na Mára

I’m only a few jigs and reels on Raidió na Gaeltachta away from home … but it feels like I’m in another world. 

Just a half an hour ago I was working up a sweat at my local Crossfit Youghal gym but now I’m reclined in the gooey goodness of a seaweed bath in West Waterford’s Gaeltacht na Rinne where I’ve come to the most fittingly named wellness centre in the land, Sólás na Mara — the solace of the sea.