I’m still in New Zealand and here for a bit longer by the look of it, so here’s a visit to another remarkable sacred spring – smaller than Pupu but almost as magical. If you’re brave enough to venture over The Hill from Nelson to Takaka and Golden Bay you will find out that a) […]
Stranded in New Zealand:Te Waikoropupu Springs
Stranded indefinitely in New Zealand thanks to Covid -19, a post from the Southern Hemisphere seems appropriate. There aren’t any holy wells as such but there are some magnificent sacred springs and luckily one is almost on my doorstep. Te Waikoropupu Usually known as Pupu Springs, Te Waikoropupu are the largest freshwater springs in New […]
North Kerry Escapade Part 2
The second part of our day trip around the tip of North Kerry and refreshed with a bowl of soup in a supermarket somewhere rural, we paid a quick visit to Lislaughtin Abbey. It has seen better days but even in a derelict state it was apparent how fine it must once have been. The […]
St Senan & Friends
Today we had an anticlockwise route planned from Listowel, up to Tarbert, through Longford, on to Carrig Island, west towards Ballybunion and then back to Listowel. It was an excellent day which will be dealt with in two blogs. Sunday’s Well, Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh First stop an explore of some very muddy fields and […]
Two wells on the Kerry/Limerick border
Finding ourselves tootling along the Kerry/Limerick border it seemed rude not to pop over and check out St Mary’s Well in Athea. Mary’s Well, Tobermurry, Athea The well is on the side of the road, instantly recognisable by the three statues looming over the wall. However this is not it’s original position – it moved […]
Brosna: birthplace of the sweet & shining Moling
Just back from a very fruitful few days in North Kerry, and the first holy well on the agenda was situated on the Kerry/Limerick border in Brosna. The sun shone, Brosna was pretty much closed but we managed to buy some cheese and biscuits in the Post Office and eat a makeshift lunch in the […]