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Archaeological Inventory

St Finbarr Revisited & some thoughts on conservation

4th October 2020 8 Comments

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I am finally back in Ireland having spent six months in New Zealand, four months longer than intended due to Covid-19! The virus continues to restrict movements so I decided to revisit two holy wells close to home and see how they were faring. Last time I visited was in 2016 and both wells, both […]

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St Senan & Friends

21st February 2020 6 Comments

Today we had an anticlockwise route planned from Listowel, up to Tarbert, through Longford, on to Carrig Island, west towards Ballybunion and then back to Listowel. It was an excellent day which will be dealt with in two blogs. Sunday’s Well, Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh First stop an explore of some very muddy fields and […]

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Piety, Pleasure & Miraculous Tussocks: Killmackillogue

6th January 2020 10 Comments

This sounded an intriguing place – a holy well that in fact might be a lake but which may no longer be there, remembered for its miraculous floating tussocks! We set out to investigate, heading to a remote coastal tip of the Beara Peninsula – Bunaw/Kilmackilloge, just off the R574 from Kenmare to Lauragh. The […]

Filed Under: South Kerry Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Beara Peninsula Bunaw Dictionary of Irish Saints Francis Joseph Bigger Franconia Frank Miller Germany Healy Pass hermitage Irish Times Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Kenmare Kerry Kiliani-Volkfest Kilmackilloge Lough Mackeenlaun Mass Rock Michael D Higgins Mullagh pattern pilgrimage pilgrims relic reliquary Rev D O Donaghue Rosita Boland rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Kilian Tuosist tussocks Wurzburg

Enchantment & Petrification: St Feaghna’s Well, Bonane

11th December 2019 16 Comments

This has to be one of the most extraordinary and unusual sites yet visited. Extraordinary in so many ways: from the setting, to the monuments to the folklore. Apologies for the length of this post but I was immersed and enchanted! Veering off the N71 from Glengarriff to Kenmare, you encounter a myriad of tiny […]

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A Few Waifs & Strays

3rd December 2019 7 Comments

A few waifs and strays remain from the many trips to Kerry this year. Here’s a quick round up of those in Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula. Baile an Bhoithín, Ballywiheen ecclesiastical site We pulled in to examine an intriguing site that lay right on the side of the road having spotted mounds and crosses from […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: An Riasc Archaeological Inventory Ballyferriter Ballywiheen bullaun Caherquin Caoimhín ÓDanachair cilleen clochán Colaiste Íde Croaghmarhin cross slab Dingle early ecclesiastical settlement eel fulacht fiadh J Curran Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries Mass Rock National Monument Ogham penitential station RAS McAlister rath ringfort rock art rounds Schools' Folklore Project Smerwick St John St Mologa Teampall Bán TF O Sullivan TG4 trout Twitter white eel white trout red spots Wine Strand

St Batt’s Well & an Abundance of Cattle

28th October 2019 7 Comments

It is the season for frisky and curious cattle and they were in abundance near the first two wells encountered in today’s exploration in North Kerry. St Lúireach’s Well, Tobar Luráigh, Toberlury Tobar Luráigh looked remote and difficult to find on the map, and it was. The footpath shown on the early OS maps had […]

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