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A trio of Wells in Tullylease

27th June 2016 8 Comments

The enchanting North Cork village of Tullylease was once the site of a large ecclesiastical settlement founded by the wonderfully named St Berrihert (his name can be spelled in a huge number of ways: Bearhtwine,  Bearcheart, Berechtuine, Berikert, Berichter, Berectchert, Berechtir, and Berehert, but locally he is mercifully known as St Ben and that’s what […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Anglo-Saxon Annals of Four Masters Blessed Virgin Mary bullaun Cloch na hEilte Colonel Grove White Cromwell cross slab Cullen deer deer stone druid Headaches milk monastic settlement pilgrimage Poulavare Rosary rounds Schools' Folklore Project st Berrihert Synod of Whitby

St Olan’s Well, Aghabulloge

13th June 2016 19 Comments

I always seem to start my blog by saying how unexpectedly interesting the well in question is! It’s true – each well has its own merits and interest and this one is no exception. St Olan’s Well is to be found on the side of the Rylane road, there’s a small pull-in place. The area […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Aghabulloge BVM capaín Clana Deaghda Eulong Eyes frog Headaches Immaculate Heart of Mary Ogham PJ Hartnett quartz rounds Rylane Schools' Folklore Project St Lachteen St Olan standing stones Stations of Cross UCC whitethorn Women's health

Trinity Well, Newmarket

16th May 2016 6 Comments

This was an unexpected and interesting well, clearly signed from the road and approached down a long, damp trackway complete with horsetail shoots. The stone wellhouse, a colourful mound in a pool of bogginess, is semi-circular and bedecked with plastic flowers and eclectic offerings, a wooden cross placed atop. A large slab, now submerged, lies […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Blessed Trinity clootie tree Drombeg fish fulacht fiadh General Rosary rounds St Inghne Bhuidhe St laitiarian St Lassar

St John’s Well, Tobar na bhFaithní, Mushera

9th May 2016 14 Comments

This large and impressive site is dedicated to a local saint, St John of Mushera. Wedged into the side of Mushera mountain, emerging from the forestry and with spectacular views down into Millstreet and beyond, it is a remarkable, unexpected and windswept spot. Each time we have been here the weather has been interesting: thick, […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Cattle Kilcorney Midsummer Millstreet Mushera pattern day pilgrimage rounds Schools' Folklore Project Sonny Buckley St Inghne Bhuide St John St Laitairian St lasair Stations of the Cross Warts

Three sisters, Two wells around Cullen

6th May 2016 13 Comments

The area around Cullen in North Cork reveres three saintly sisters: St Lasair, St Laitairian and St Inghne Bhuidhe – the spellings of these names vary enormously! Who they were seems complicated. Some accounts refer to them as being from the north of England for the wonderfully named St Beirechert (also spelled in a multitude […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Bealtine BVM Canon O Hanlon Cloch na gCursa clootie tree Colonel Grove White Cullen dallan Eyes Grove White handball alley Killasseragh Men's health Mushera pattern day rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Berichert St Gobnait St Inghe Bhuidhe St Laitiaran St lasair trout Tullylease

Two wells for Bealtine: Tubrid Well & City of Shrone

2nd May 2016 17 Comments

Just back from a brief but fruitful tour of North Cork, culminating in two very special wells that are traditionally visited at Bealtine. Bealtine was one of the four ancient Celtic festivals and is a Cross Quarter Day, half way between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. It was usually celebrated on May 1st. […]

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