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Off the beaten track in Corca Dhuibhne

7th August 2021 4 Comments

Jim Dempsey of the excellent Megalithic Ireland kindly alerted me to a well on the Dingle Peninsula which he had recently cleared a path to, and he advised that I visit soon before the undergrowth took over once again. That sounded like a good excuse to nip across to Kerry for a few days. Well […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: Annascaul Archaeological Inventory Blasket Islands Corca Dhuibhne cross slab Duchás Photographic Collection Dún Chaoin Dunquin Inch Strand Megalithic Ireland pilgrimage rounds St Gobnait St John's day

The Good, the Mad and the Strange: a round up of 2019

18th December 2019 4 Comments

A quick round up of some of the more intriguing wells visited in 2019. It’s been a busy year for I officially completed my research on the holy wells in County Cork: 310 wells visited and recorded, and then ventured forth into County Kerry. A long visit to New Zealand followed by a horrible bout […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Iveragh Peninsula North Cork North Kerry Tagged With: bile blessed fish Blessed Virgin Mary Buile Suibhne bullaun bulley butter stone Cnoc na dTobar Eyes Lunasa Mount Brandon pattern day pilgrimage Rheumatism rounds St Buonia St Crohane St Erc St Feaghna St Fursey St Macadaw St Manchán St Michael Stations of Cross trout Warts

A Few Waifs & Strays

3rd December 2019 7 Comments

A few waifs and strays remain from the many trips to Kerry this year. Here’s a quick round up of those in Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula. Baile an Bhoithín, Ballywiheen ecclesiastical site We pulled in to examine an intriguing site that lay right on the side of the road having spotted mounds and crosses from […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: An Riasc Archaeological Inventory Ballyferriter Ballywiheen bullaun Caherquin Caoimhín ÓDanachair cilleen clochán Colaiste Íde Croaghmarhin cross slab Dingle early ecclesiastical settlement eel fulacht fiadh J Curran Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries Mass Rock National Monument Ogham penitential station RAS McAlister rath ringfort rock art rounds Schools' Folklore Project Smerwick St John St Mologa Teampall Bán TF O Sullivan TG4 trout Twitter white eel white trout red spots Wine Strand

Sun bright Fionán, jugfuls of whiskey & a raging priest

10th November 2019 8 Comments

Back to Corca Dhuibhne, the Dingle Peninsula, and a stop off at Annascaul to find Tobar na Croise, Well of the Cross. Annascaul is a colourful and attractive little village, best know perhaps as being the home of Tom Crean of South Pole exploration fame. On his retirement from the Navy he and his wife […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: An Seabhac Annascaul Blessed Virgin Mary Caoimhín ÓDanachair Corca Dhuibhne Folklore Photographic Collection grotto influenza Kinard Pádraig Ó Riain. pattern quartz ringfort Schools' Folklore Project Spanish 'Flu St Finnian St Michael stone cross Tom Crean

Water into Wine & Other Stories; three wells dedicated to St Brendan

30th August 2019 8 Comments

There are a wealth of wells dedicated to St Brendan in County Kerry. So far I have visited where he was baptised, where he anointed two heathens, where he received the vision to go across the Atlantic and various others that are dedicated to this well beloved and wandering saint. Three more were on my […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Ballyferriter bullaun callarugh Carl Von Sydow cilleen Corca Dhuibhne Corca Dhuibne 3D Cosán na Naomh cupmarks Epiphany fish Game of Thrones Kilcolman ecclesiastical enclosure Kildurrihy Kilmalkedar Maltese cross Max von Sydow Ogham pilgrim routes pilgrimage Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Gobnait's Stone Star Wars Ventry water to wine

Two wells & a whole lot more at Cill Mhaoilchéadair

21st August 2019 11 Comments

The western tip of Corca Dhuibhne, the Dingle Peninsula, is remarkable for the sheer density of early Christian remains: ecclesiastical enclosures, early crosses and holy wells abound. Passing through these clusters is Cosán na Naomh, the Saint’s Path, which is surely no coincidence.This pilgrim path starts in Dingle, Ventry or Kilmalkedar and wends its way […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: Alphabet Stone bullaun Cno na Snaithaide Corca Dhuibhne Cosán na Naomh Dingle George du Noyer Glas Ghoibhneach Ireland's Own Kilmalkedar Mary Jane Fisher Leadbetter Mount Brandon na Beistí Ogham OPW Patrick O Sullivan Rheumatism Romanesque Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Brendan's House St Brendan's Oratory St Maolcethair sundial Tadhg O Sullivan The Eye of the Needle The Keelers tympanum Ventry Voices from the Dawn

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