An Bean Ghlúine - the midwife. In Irish, glúin carries two meanings: knee and generation.

The bean ghlúine was the woman who knelt beside mothers during birth, and the name speaks to something deeper- the passing of knowledge through generations of women.

In rural Ireland, these women held crucial roles in their communities, supporting mothersthrough pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period.

They carried wisdom passed down woman to woman, mother to mother, knowledge that survived through oral tradition rather than written record.

I offer placenta remedies, birth doula support, and postpartum care - but this work is something we do together.

Rooted in trusting what your body already knows, honouring the old ways of birth, and me being present beside you through one of life's most powerful transitions. The bean ghlúine understood that birth is both physical and sacred, that the body holds its own intelligence, and that women need other women beside them during this threshold time. That understanding hasn't changed.