Hello Willow,
Thanks for joining us here with some lovely information about your ancestry and your wish to come and visit!
The
O'Dwyer name is most popular down towards County Clare and Tipperary, so this may be a great area to look for family connections from way back when.
Before 1864 records were kept in the form of church and parish records, all the surviving records have been sorted into county-based
genealogical centres. In 1864 civil registration was introduced in Ireland, which is when we started seeing the formal registration of births, marriages, adoptions, and deaths. These records have been kept at the
General Register Office of Ireland(GRO), through the Irish Genealogy website, to this day.
We do have some information on
retreats that may be of interest. There are various locations all around the island of Ireland to choose from.
With regards to Ashrams and maybe volunteer work, we would suggest that you contact
Volunteer Ireland which specializes in this type of vocation.
Hopefully, this will get you started on your searches and itinerary for a time with us.
I'm sure our Industry partners and fellow members will have some advice also.
Martin