Editorial listing | This page has been compiled by the AtelierBound editorial team using publicly available information and is not managed by the retreat host. Pricing, dates, and availability should be confirmed directly with the host before making any plans. Last verified: March 3 2026. If you run this retreat, claim your listing at hosts@atelierbound.com to take full control of your page, add your own photographs, and respond to guest enquiries. Bookings accepted in Euro. Listed price is an approximate conversion. Check with host for final pricing and available options (single, double, non-participants). ----------------- Running from 29 June to 5 July 2026, this week-long creative writing retreat takes place in Gweedore, County Donegal, along Ireland's famed Wild Atlantic Way. Combining daily practical writing and editing workshops with immersive cultural experiences, the retreat offers participants guidance in fiction and creative non-fiction through hands-on teaching techniques and individual critiques rather than theoretical lectures. Award-winning guest authors lead sessions on character development, plot techniques, flash fiction and memoir writing, whilst also sharing professional insights into the publishing world. Beyond the studio, participants explore a landscape steeped in Celtic legend through ferryboat trips to Gola Island (said to have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island), visits to a hundred-year-old thatched cottage for Irish language and ceildhe dancing lessons, tours of Glenveagh National Park and its turreted castle, and exclusive traditional Irish music performances. The retreat is based at Teac Jack, a family-owned boutique hotel facing the islands, where the silver slopes of Mount Errigal and the rugged coastline provide constant inspiration for writers seeking both craft development and cultural immersion in this Irish-speaking Gaeltacht region.

Website Link

https://www.irelandwritingretreat.com/retreats/summer-writing-retreat-ireland-2026?utm_source=atelierbound&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=listing

What's Included

All writing classes and workshops, guest author appearances, accommodation in single ensuite rooms for six nights, breakfast daily, welcome evening with food and drinks, local culture and Gaelic language introduction, traditional Irish music concerts, ferryboat ride to Gola Island with guided walk, visit to thatched cottage with afternoon tea, castle and national park tours, food and drinks tastings, ceildhe dancing instruction

What to Bring

Participants should bring their own writing materials and any work-in-progress for critique sessions during the week

Leader Bio

The retreat is led by Sean and Columbia, who serve as co-ordinators and tutors throughout the programme. They bring together award-winning guest authors working across genres including crime, mystery, memoir, fantasy and creative non-fiction, all of whom provide practical, hands-on instruction and individual manuscript critiques. The retreat has been running for over ten years and was voted one of the ten best creative retreats in the UK and Europe by The Guardian.