Still feeling tranquil and otherworldly from our visit to St Peakaun’s monastic site, we travelled another few miles deeper into the Glen of Aherlow to visit somewhere I have long wished to experience – St Berrihert’s Kyle. St Berrihert’s Kyle We parked, GPS suggesting we needed to go across the fields. A car passed us […]
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Diversions in Tipperary Part 1
This blog seems to be expanding geographically! I have just been to County Carlow for a few days, a journey which seemed to go through many different counties and was full of interesting places on the way including a host of holy wells which just had to be visited and recorded, so the next few […]
Not a holy well…
… but a Spa Bathing Well or chalybeate well! And a very interesting one too. I had an email from Janine, who sent me to John who sent me to Ray to find out about an intriguing well deep in the woods at Garrettstown near Kinsale. Lady’s Well, Ringrone, Kinsale I arranged to meet John […]
Putting things off ’til later
Continuing from the last blog, still in the Gaeltacht and back to Baile Bhúirne (Ballyvourney). I had almost visited the next three wells once before, on the Trail of St Lachteen. They all looked in remote and challenging locations, and the descriptions for each were rather curt and unexciting. I had resolved to put them […]
In the footsteps of O Sullivan Bere
Summer arrived for a few magnificent days – an excellent opportunity to head to the hills and explore the Gaeltacht Mhúscraí around Baile Mhúirne (Ballyvourney) and Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh (Ballingeary). I had six wells left in this area, all of them in seemingly remote and difficult areas, all of them with apparently little to […]
Enjoying the vibes around Avebury: a Guest Well
An action-packed few days across the water included, of course, a visit or two to a holy well! Today’s well was arrived at at the end of a very special day enjoyed with my son and was a most magical experience. Avebury Stone Circle Based in Bristol, we decided to pop across the county border […]