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An Irish Pilgrim Journey

11th June 2024 Leave a Comment

A quick shout out out to the Irish Pilgrim Journey which is taking place from 15- 22th June this year, 2024, described as: … a fully-guided mid-summer walk along Ireland’s passported pilgrim paths, with all logistics taken care of, it enables walkers to obtain the required stamps for the Irish Pilgrim Passport in 6 days […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Ballintubber Abbey Cahersiveen Cnoc na dTobar Cosán na Naomh Croagh Patrick Glendalough Gougane Barra Mount Brandon pilgrim paths 2024 pilgrim routes pilgrimage St Brendan St Finbarr St Kevin St Patrick Ventry

In search of Avalon: some holy wells around Bristol

22nd May 2024 4 Comments

Staying with my son for a few days in Bristol, it would have been rude not to visit a few holy wells. People often express amazement that there are holy wells to be found in England but, as in Ireland, they are everywhere if you bother to look – admittedly some more obvious than others. […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Avalon Bristol Chalice Well Cinderford Edington Eyes Forest of Dean Glastonbury Gog and Magog labyrinth Pipe Walk Rewild Project Rheumatism Scurvy Somerset Levels St Anthony St Edith St Mary's Redcliffe Wessex Archaeology Wessex Water White Spring

An Easter Pilgrimage: Glenbeigh, County Kerry

4th April 2024 1 Comment

Almost on the spur of the moment, we decided to travel to Glenbeigh in County Kerry to take part in the annual Easter Monday pilgrimage going to St Finán/Finnian’s Well. This well was renovated by local people in 2019 and is a source of much community pride – I have visited once before and written […]

Filed Under: Iveragh Peninsula Tagged With: Glenbeigh Kerry Bog Museum Macgillycuddyreeks Mass pattern day pilgrimage Red Fox Inn Rossbeigh St Finán

St Munchin the Wise and St James the Greater: two saintly encounters in Limerick

31st March 2024 2 Comments

It’s impossible not to be intrigued by a saint called St Munchin or Mainchín mac Setnaí to give him his full name. Sometimes known as Munchin the Wise or Little Monk, folklore surrounding his dates and origins are confusing but he is patron saint of Limerick City which some stories credit him with founding. Like […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: Bruree Danes Eyes faction fighting fish Headaches Limerick Diocesan Heritage National Folklore Photographic Collection novena pebbles Roaringwater Journal rounds Schools' Folklore Project St James St Munchin Stomach ailments Tervoe

Two Limerick Wells for Paddy’s Day: Singland & Patrickswell

16th March 2024 Leave a Comment

There are 19 wells dedicated to the patron saint in County Limerick but whether he actually set foot here is debatable. I rather hope he did for his presence is everywhere. He left his footprints at Ballyelan; handprints at Ballingary; the print of his back on a tree at Knockainey and saintly kneeprints at Cloncagh […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: Ballyelan Cloncagh elm Eyes folk art kneeprints Knockpatrick Limerick Diocesan Heritage Limerick Gazette Limerick Museum novena patrickswell rag tree Samuel Lewis Schools' Folklore Project shrine Singland St Patrick Tipperary Antiquarian

Shady Lady: Mary Magdalen’s Well, Kilbane, Limerick City

11th March 2024 15 Comments

One of the holy wells I was keen to visit on my Limerick trip is dedicated to Mary Magdalen, the only one I have come across with this dedication. Two photos from the National Folklore Photographic Collection show how impressive it had looked in the 1950s, sporting a stone cupola and containing a life-size statue […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: ash Caoimhin O Danachair Eyes fulacht fiadh Kilbane Limerick Diocesan Heritage Mary Magdalen Monaleen National Folklore Photographic Collection Newmarket offerings rounds Stomach ailments Trinity Well

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