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Island Wells 4: Inis Earcáin, Sherkin Island

23rd September 2017 6 Comments

After two days of solid rain the sun came out and we headed down to Baltimore to catch the ferry to Sherkin Island, in search of a well. The journey over is a short one but highly picturesque as you sail past the Beacon, glimmering like a gigantic sugar cone. Some impressive clouds today but miraculously […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: BA Visual Arts Baltimore Dun an Long Genealogy of the Corca Laide Horseshoe Bay Schools' Folklore Project Sherkin Sherkin friary Sherkin Marine Station St Mughain

A clutch of Bullauns

23rd July 2017 7 Comments

Stouke burial ground comes as a bit of a surprise. It seems to be miles from anywhere, high up overlooking some spectacular countryside in West Cork. The name is odd too. The old name for the site is Kilaspick Oen – Church of Bishop John. Later it became cillin stuaice – little church of the […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Bronze Age BVM cup marks Famine Fastnet Trails Historic graves Kerry offerings rounds Schull St Feaghna St John St John's Eve Warts Winter Solstice

Island Wells 4: Oileán Baoi; Dursey Island

11th July 2017 Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago I travelled to Dursey with a friend, her friend, a husband and a dog, two wells on the agenda. Although we had a wonderful day, the well hunt was not entirely successful as the field in which the first well was supposedly located contained a lot of very large cattle, […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Beara Bronze Age Bruno O Donoghue cable car cupmarks Penelope Durell quartz Rosary rounds Scariff Islands

St John’s Wells, Castletownbere

6th June 2017 8 Comments

I knew this would be a bit of a challenge and had put off exploring until I had plenty of time – and energy. Just by looking at the OS map I could see these two wells, dedicated to St John, were situated right on top of a pretty steep mountain – the Maulin. From […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Allihies Beara Way Castletownbere Dzochen Beara Eyes Maulin Midsummer pilgrimage quartz rounds Schools' Folklore Project St John St John the Baptist St John's Eve

Island Wells 3: Bere Island: An tOileán Mór

1st June 2017 9 Comments

It’s always a pleasure to visit one of the islands off the coast of Cork, and each of the seven inhabited islands have a very distinct personality of their own. Today I was off to Bere island, An tOileán Mor (the big island); a short ferry trip from Castletownbere. Castletownbere was in a bit of […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Beara Way Castletownbere Eyes rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Michael

Four Curious Wells enroute to Allihies

21st May 2017 6 Comments

Two days exploring the remote and scenic tip of the Beara Peninsula and some very curious wells discovered. Kilaconenagh Holy Wells, near Castletownbere The weather on day one was not promising – thick fog and a steady mizzle. We persevered however and the first well stop was just outside Castletownbere. The GPS led us down […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: All Saints Allihies Archaeological Inventory ballaun stone Beara Peninsula Castletownbere Dunboy Castle Dzochen Beara Eyeries Faunkill in the Woods frog Hag of Beara Jack Roberts Kilaconenagh church Knocknahulla O Sullivan beare Ogham pilgrim crosses pilgrimage Puxley Mansion quartz Schools' Folklore Project Seige of Dunboy St Michael

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