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Philip Carr-Gomm

Philip Carr-Gomm

The Former Chief

Philip met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and was initiated into the Order on Glastonbury Tor when he was 18. He studied meditation in Ireland with Olivia...

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Eimear Burke

The Current Chief

On 6th June 2020 Eimear Burke became the Chosen Chief of the Order. Eimear, who lives in Kilkenny Ireland, first became interested in esoteric matters while she was living and working as a nurse in Kenya in the early 1980’s. She graduated with a degree in Psychology from Trinity College,...

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Dwina Murphy-Gibb

Patroness

The Order’s patroness is Dwina Murphy-Gibb, an artist and writer, born in County Tyrone. She was educated in Northern Ireland and attended Hornsey Art College in England. Always fascinated by Irish history and mythology, Dwina was co-founder of The Yeats Club which organized poetry competitions and published a literary magazine,...

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Fleur Camille

Celebrant

Celebrancy Honouring and Witnessing Ceremonies Rites of Passage and Moments to be Honoured. Prayer invocation intention and compassion in its many versions The true meaning of ritual can often be lost in modern society. This can be as a Rite of Passage for an individual or group – or for...

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Shawn O’Neil

Celebrant

Southwest Washington State. I am a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids where I also received my Celebrants Certificate in Serving the Living and the Dead in 2025. I also am a member of A’r nDraiocht Fein (ADF), and Isle of Wight order of Druids. Additionally, I...

Jim and Heather Ramsay

Jim and Heather Ramsay

Celebrant

After a deeply immersive Training as a Sacred Celebrant with the Glastonbury Goddess Temple in 2019 Jim has been Celebrant for Handfastings, Celebration of Life, Ashes to the Land and Baby Naming Ceremonies. Each one, so unique and magical and brought into the beautiful existence, that can only really happen...

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Luke Eastwood

Celebrant

I began my study of Druidry in 1995 in London, although I started life in Scotland. I moved to Ireland in 1999, later initiated in the Druid Clan of Dana (2009) and completing my OBOD training in 2011. I have been involved in Druid groves in both Wexford and Kerry...

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Nick & Jane Amer ~ Sarsen Celebrants

Celebrant

Sarsen Celebrants are Wiltshire based and was set up & run by a husband & wife team, Nick & Jane Amer, both qualified Civil Celebrants (FOIC), who enjoy helping couples and groups to experience the joy & love of special celebrations, connected within the rich circle of life. This has...

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Penny Billington

Honorary Bard

Penny and her work have been at the heart of OBOD for the for the first quarter of the twenty-first century. As the editor of the order’s magazine, Touchstone, for 22 years, Penny curated the artistic expression of the Order with generosity and good humour. Her editorial ethos ensured that...

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Therese Kennedy

Celebrant

What is truly felt leaves the deepest inscription. ~ John O’Donohue As an OBOD Druid, trained and certified in Celebrating Life and a practicing Celtic ‘Monk’ of Irish and Indian ancestry, I offer sacred rites of passage and holy intercessions. With over two decades of experience and as an Informal...

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Carol Ludwick

Celebrant

Hello! I’m Carol Ludwick, a proud OBOD member, currently in the Ovate grade and a certified lifecycle celebrant and ordained metaphysical minister. I was trained at the Celebrant Foundation and Institute and have earned three certifications- Ceremonies Across the Lifecycle, Weddings and Funerals. I’m also the Midwest Alumni Chapter facilitator...

Mat Pilgrim

Mat Pilgrim

Celebrant

There are no two memories that are alike, so I will work closely with you to develop a ceremony, celebration, or ritual that will be an event that you and your loved ones will never forget. I will help you to ensure that everything needed for your ceremony will be...

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Rowan Armstrong

Celebrant

I am a qualified Celebrant, End of Life Doula, a Grief Coach and a member of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. I offer personal celebrations for handfasting, funerals, naming of babies, naming of pets and pet memorials. There are many key rites of passage and life transitions which...

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Chrissie Lloyd

Celebrant

I am a fully qualified Celebrant and Soul Midwife and member of OBOD. I offer beautiful, personal and memorable wedding celebrations, handfasting ceremonies, baby naming ceremonies, and pet memorials. In fact, any coming-of-age, rite of passage, or life transition, where you need to mark an occasion with love, joy, celebration,...

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Jean-Michel Taberly

Celebrant

I am a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a poet, writer and professional trainer. As a Druid, I celebrate the seasons with a small group of people in Maine et Loire. I offer my services as a Celebrant for any ritual or rite of passage ceremony...

Thomas Stolzer

Thomas Stölzer

Celebrant

As a Bard, Ovate and Druid, I play music and write poetry as well as offer my services for celebration, divination and healing. I am a teacher, a father, a husband, a man, a warrior, a peace maker, a judge, a police man, an actor, a priest, a wise man,...

Juli Moran

Juli Moran

Celebrant

I’ve been a celebrant for over 10 years and bring warmth, empathy and experience to any occasion. I fascilitate hand-fastings, naming ceremonies, funerals and memorials. Bringing my many years of experience, I am able to help you plan and prepare for your ceremony, and be a calming and reassuring presence...

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Emrys Kosek MacDara

Celebrant

Emrys lives in Ilawa (Warmia and Mazury), where he has been leading one of the Polish pagan groups for years. He is strongly connected with the land on which he lives. His activities promote cultural heritage and folk traditions. For Emrys, leading in rituals is not only a duty, but...

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Monica Zunica

Celebrant

I started the druid way in 2007 and today I am an OBOD druid. I am a tutor, mom, wife and fantasy writer. I love to celebrate the steps of life in harmony with Nature, using a poetic and emotional ceremony. I love listening to your stories and the way...

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Deborah Rose Halani

Celebrant

As a celebrant and member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, I am trained in both Traditional and Ancient Celtic Ceremony whether it be a Naming, Handfasting, Home Blessing or Farewells. In essence I love collaborating in a ceremony, something that honours the person(s) in that moment in...

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Harriet Sams

Celebrant

Hari is a Druid, celebrant and ritualist based in southern Scotland. Hari is delighted to offer weddings, handfastings and baby naming ceremonies, as well as more bespoke rituals of transition, ancestral connection and Earth based rites of passage. She will work with you to create a unique, meaningful and compassionate...

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Sian Lang

Celebrant

I offer babynamings, handfastings, renewal of vows, divorce healing rituals, rites of passage, individual healing rituals and sweatlodges (with the Druid Medicine Wheel). My resources are Shamanic, Druid and artistic and, since I am Bi, I am there for all LGBTQIA people with all my heart. I am looking forward...

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Margreeth van Eersel

Celebrant

Tot mijn grote geluk mag ik mij celebrant noemen, een ceremonieel begeleider. Ik heb beide opleidingen gevolgd; “Serving the living and the death” en “Celebrating Life”, begeleid door River Jones. Uit eigen ervaring weet ik hoe belangrijk het is om bij keerpunten in het leven stil te staan. Het geeft...

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Lorien Cadier

Celebrant

My name is Lorien Cadier. I am an accredited civil celebrant and offer to work with you to create personal and meaningful celebrations of love and light for all your important rites of passage including baby naming, wedding and hand fasting, renewal of vows, civil partnership, and ceremonies for those...

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Beate Reiß

Celebrant

I am happy to support you in the development of tailor-made personal, secular and spiritual rituals and stand by your side as a ritual leader. From the bottom of my heart I love to accompany people in the most diverse phases of life and have done so for several decades....

Debbie Merritt

Debbie Merritt

Celebrant

I am a Druid Graduate of OBOD, and a member of the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants. I am also an Approved Celebrant with the Pagan Federation (Scotland), which means that I can Solemnise marriages on their behalf, basically I can legally marry people! I live on the beautiful and mystical...

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Simon Emmerson

Honorary Bard

Simon is a musician, record-producer, and founder of the bands The Afro Celt Sound System and Imagined Village. Simon joined his first band, Scritti Pollitti, in the 1970s. Later he was a founding member of Working Week, which toured extensively worldwide, won many European awards, and headlined at the Montreux...