Summer 2027 · Dates to be announced
Summer Camps
A week in the woods at Beaulieu House for ages 6 to 11, 10am–3pm daily. Groups are small and fill fast, so join the list to hear first.
Register interestOutdoor camps · Drogheda, Co. Louth · Since 2013
Outdoor Camps That Build Courage & Big Hearts
A place in Nature where children experience self-directed free play, learning to develop relationships with nature and each other.
9,000+
young warriors since 2013
A Warrior's Path
Every game in the woods is growing something.
It looks like mud and dens and running about. Underneath, each part of the day is shaped to build the qualities that last.
Monday, 10am
“I don't know anyone.”
Friday, 3pm
“Can I come back next year? With my tribe?”
Build
Grows teamwork & patience
Build dens, shelters and whatever else their minds allow them to do!
Explore
Grows confidence & independence
Real free play in the Beaulieu woods. Kids choose where to go and what to try, inside safe limits, and find out what they're capable of.
Belong
Grows friendship & respect
Every child joins a tribe for the week. Challenges only work when the whole tribe pulls together, so the quiet kids get heard too.
Reflect
Grows kindness & self-belief
Kids notice their work, and go home proud of more than what they built.
As seen on RTÉjr
What a day in the woods looks like.
Programmes
Three ways into the woods.
- See club times
Weekends · Term time
Weekend Clubs
A regular three-hour dose of the woods through the school year — the same tribes, the same path, week after week.
- Express your interest
Training · For adults
Free Play Facilitation
An introductory course for teachers, youth workers and parents who want to hold space for children's play without taking it over.
The Warrior's Path
Four dignities, grown in order.
Children already have dignity. The four dignities give it a path — kindness with strength under it, and confidence that doesn't make other people small.
Ground
Honesty
The tiger
Opening our minds to see things from all angles and not just how they appear
Lift
Response-ability
The snow lion
Learning to take ownership of ones own behaviours & emotions and learning new healthy habits to express them.
Range
Kindness & Respect
The garuda
Treating supervisors, peers, and others with dignity and courtesy
Quiet usefulness
Fear & fearlessness
The dragon
The ability to face whatever is inside or outside.
2013
The year it all started, in Co. Louth
9,000+
Children through the woods
100%
Outdoors, rain or shine
From a former camper
“I went every summer from seven to eleven. I still think about how it felt to be trusted out there — it's the first place I learned I could be scared and do the thing anyway.”
From a parent
“This experience gave my son an opportunity to be acknowledged for who he is. The daily feedback was all about how happy and comfortable he felt with like-minded kids and mentors.”
Who we are
Grown-ups who still love the woods.
Warriorcamp was founded by Oliver O'Donoghue, a fully qualified psychotherapist with twenty years of working with children. Every leader is Garda vetted, first-aid trained, and genuinely glad to be there.
- Oliver
- Founder · Psychotherapist
- Jack
- Leader · Musician, brings the guitar
- Mia
- Social Care Worker
- Ann Maria
- Primary School Teacher
Summer 2027 · Dates to be announced
Be first to hear when the woods open.
One email when dates are set. Places are limited and go on a first-come basis.