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Cé MuidWho we are

We are small, local, voluntary groups — neighbours organising for ourselves, in the open. We are not a political party, not a protest movement and not a business. There are no leaders and no head office: each cell runs its own affairs and answers to its own members.

Cad is Ceall Saoirse Ann?What is a freedom cell?

A freedom cell is a small group — usually around eight people who live near one another — who meet regularly, arrange gatherings, share skills, and make themselves available to help each other in practical ways. When a cell grows past eight or so, it seeds new cells, and neighbouring cells link up into a wider network. Fewer than eight? Start anyway; the number is a guide, not a rule.

The shape of the idea comes from the international Freedom Cell Network, whose groups hold themselves to five principles: decentralised, local, solutions-focused, non-violent and apolitical. Cealla Saoirse na hÉireann is that idea, rooted in Irish soil.

An MheithealNothing new under an Irish sky

None of this is new here. For as long as anyone can remember, neighbours in Ireland gathered as a meitheal — to save the hay, to cut the turf, to raise a roof — each household helping the others in turn, no money changing hands and nobody left behind. A freedom cell is the meitheal, revived and made regular.

Mar a OibrímidHow we work

In the open: what we do can be seen by anyone, and our gatherings are published on this site. By choice: everything is voluntary — people take part because they want to, and every cell decides its own affairs. Close to home: the county is the map, but the townland is the work. And always with ár n-áit agus ár gcultúr — our place and our culture — at the centre: the language, the music, the games and the ground we stand on.