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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 […]

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Circles, swastikas & labyrinths: enigmas on the Iveragh

19th January 2024 9 Comments

The first well expedition of the year set off at a cracking pace as we, in the company of the Roaringwaters, set off for the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry, rock art and holy wells on our minds. After a damp, mild and very wet Christmas the second week in January was cold, crisp and sunny […]

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Wonderful Wells & Wild Weather: squelching around the Iveragh

24th November 2023 3 Comments

I’m just back from an excellent long weekend at the inaugural Skellig Coast Archaeology Festival. The weather was atrocious and many events were outside but we were a hardy lot and sallied forth anyway – and there were wells! St Crohane’s Well, Tobar Chrócháin One of the highlights of the programme for me was a […]

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Cill Rialagh: an elusive well on the edge of the world

5th June 2023 10 Comments

Still in Kerry and a wild and remote spot on the agenda today – Cill Rialaigh, or Kildreelig, an early ecclesiastical settlement on a small headland, clinging onto the cliffs – with a holy well. First we were distracted by St Michael’s Well, Tobar Mhíchíl, near Ballinskelligs, visited before but always worth a revisit. We […]

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Sister, Wife, Mother, Saint: St Darerca of Valentia

22nd May 2023 9 Comments

St Darerca’s Well, also known as Sunday’s Well, Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh, is situated on scenic Valentia Island in Kerry. I had come across this attractive image taken in 1955 and hoped that it might still remain but two previous searches had been fruitless. This time I was determined to track it down. Having already […]

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Navigatio: a voyage to Illaunloughan

14th May 2023 4 Comments

Finally a field trip and two adventurous days on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry with our friends Robert and Finola of Roaringwater Journal fame. The highlight of the visit had to be a trip to Illaunloughan, a tiny island in the middle of Portmagee Channel, just 350m from the mainland and close to Valentia Island. […]

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