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An Adventure to An Blascaod Mór

16th September 2023 7 Comments

A tick off the bucket list and a visit to one of the most difficult holy wells to get to – Tobar an Croise, Well of the Cross, on An Blascaod Mór, Great Blasket Island, West Kerry. We have often gazed at the enigmatic Na Blascaodaí, the Blasket Islands, from the mainland, usually seen disappearing […]

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Secrets, signs and sore eyes: Lispole part 2

20th November 2022 8 Comments

After our early morning searching for heads, Billy and I left the others to coffee and went in search of Tobar an Rúin, the Well of the Secret, which proved to be exceptionally well named! Tobar an Rúin, Toberaroon, Well of the Secret, St Gobnait’s Well Encouragingly Billy had been to the well the year […]

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Forgotten battles and decapitated heads: in search of wells around Lispole (1)

9th November 2022 6 Comments

A tale of the powers of research, collaboration and sheer determination! This is the photograph that started it all. Gail Tangney, a fellow well enthusiast, came across this intriguing display during Feile na Bealtine in Dingle, 2021. It came with a a very short description. Did I know anything about it? She also posted in […]

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St Finán Cam: the Squinty One

27th September 2021 12 Comments

On the lookout for St Gregory’s Well, Tobar i Choill, in Glenbeigh, a chance conversation in the excellent Emilie’s café alerted us to St Finán’s Well. St Gregory proved elusive, too overgrown, but St Finán’s Well turned out to be a much loved and distinguished well in an imposing situation, located about two kilometres out […]

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Sunday’s Well, Kilvickadownig

14th September 2021 9 Comments

Just on the outskirts of Ventry, Fionn Trá or possibly Ceann Trá, is a rare and fascinating museum – the Celtic and Prehistoric Museum, currently visited by appointment only due to Covid restrictions. It’s a personal collection with some truly remarkable artefacts and well worth a visit. However, lurking in the hedge a little further […]

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In Plain Sight: Two Wells in An Daingean

13th August 2021 4 Comments

Not all holy wells are in remote and scenic spots, some are hidden in plain sight in towns and can take as much finding as their rural cousins. St John’s Well, Tobar Eoin, Dingle town I had looked for this well many times before. I knew the well itself was no longer visible and that […]

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