COUNTY SLIGO, Ireland — It’s a bitingly cold day on Enniscrone Beach. Thick sheets of rain fly sideways, and violent gusts of wind make the waves churn and crash onto the shore. In other words, it’s a good day for a hot bath.
Just a few steps away from the golden sands that form one of Ireland’s most popular Victorian-era seaside resorts is Kilcullen Seaweed Baths. Vacationers and weary laborers have been flocking to this bathhouse since 1912, the year the Titanic sank, to indulge in one of Ireland’s indigenous wellness therapies: a seawater and seaweed bath.
In Ireland, a Stone Age wellness therapy is making a comeback
