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St Dominic’s Holy Well, Glanworth

28th February 2017 10 Comments

St Dominic’s Well, Tubbernacruinahur, Glanworth This well was visited at the very end of an intense day of exploration. The light was fading and weariness setting in but there was just time for one more well – one I really wanted to visit for I had seen an enticing photograph and hoped against hope that […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Boherash Colonel Grove White Cronee Dominican Friary Eyes Jack Sheahan Labbacallee pilgrimage pilgrims' shelter rag tree River Funcheon Roches Castle Schools' Folklore Project St Dominic The Avondhu trout Windele

In search of St Mologa

20th February 2017 7 Comments

Today we were in search of St Mologa, two wells on the agenda both within a few miles of each other: one in Templemologa (church of Mologa) and the other at Labbamologa (bed of Mologa) – the area between the two seemingly being the Tearmon or sacred space, where Mologa offered protection and sanctuary. The […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Aghacross ash tree ballaun stone bees Childbirth cist Colonel Grove White cursing stones; Headaches leaba Rheumatism River Funcheon rounds sanctuary Schools' Folklore Project St Modomnoc St Mologa Tearmon trout volute Women's health

Fionnchú: The White Hound

12th February 2017 12 Comments

Arriving in Mitchelstown in the late afternoon the light was fading and a thin mizzle had set in but we thought we could manage a trip to two wells dedicated to the town saint, St Fanahan, or, as he is known as Gaeilge, St Fionnchú: the white hound. St Fanahans’s Well, Tobar Naomh Fionnchú St […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Bangor Book of Lismore Brigown Cennachathach Cliodna Cussen Duchás Photographic Collection eel Eyes Ken Thompson Lameness Niall of the Nine Hostages pattern day Rosary Schools' Folklore Project St Fanahan Stations of Cross

En route to Mitchelstown

6th February 2017 1 Comment

Well hunting is always an enjoyable experience especially when you devote a few days to it. Wells in North Cork beckoned. We stayed for a few days in Mitchelstown in the very comfortable Ballinwillin House, complete with free range deers and boars. A welcome break on the M8 on the way up saw a diversion […]

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St Patrick’s Holy Well, Castle Blackwater

25th January 2017 7 Comments

Below the castle and near the margin of the river, is a holy well, dedicated to St. Patrick, on whose anniversary a patron is held here: the water is remarkably pure, and is much esteemed by the peasantry for its supposed virtues. Cork, A Topographical Dictionary of Parishes, Towns and Villages of Cork City and […]

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St Brigid’s Well, Mountbridget

10th July 2016 8 Comments

This once important pilgrimage site, the townland is even called Mountbridget, is to be found just off the R522 two miles outside Buttevant, signed but easy to miss!  A rustic but rather attractive little carved stone welcomes you in and invites you to honour the patron saint of the well, St Brigid or Mary of […]

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