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Archaeological Inventory

On Wells 1: a few statistics

29th November 2018 12 Comments

In February 2016 I set out to visit all the holy wells in County Cork and record what I found. Little did I realise what an interesting, eye opening and sociable journey it would be! The Archaeological Inventory for County Cork (2014) lists around 356 holy wells. Of this number around 50 are described as […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory National Monuments Service statistics

Cattle, Castles and Cranat: exploring around Ballyclogh

28th August 2018 6 Comments

The day started with a visit to the outskirts of Kanturk in search of a holy well. It didn’t sound very promising: In pasture, c. 200m S of possible church and burial ground (14106). Bowman (1934, 523) recorded holy well here, noting that ‘Rounds have been discontinued for a long time’. Well collapsed and dry; […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Ballyclogh Castle Ballykitt cilleen Colonel Grove White Doneraile Eyes ford Kanturk Kilmaclenine Kilroe cemetery Mass Rock Schools' Folklore Project St Branit st Cranat tower house

Old Friends Revisited

8th July 2018 4 Comments

A final trip into the Gaeltacht Mhúscraí was required to find three unvisited wells. We intended to stay in the area for three days, Himself walking the Slí Muscrai Gaeltacht.  I also had a motley quartet in my sights around Newtownshandrum. But we were slightly thwarted by the weather: no, not torrential rain or floods or […]

Filed Under: Other West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Baile Mhúirne Ballingeary Ballyvourney Béál Átha an Ghaorthaidh Blessed Trinity Cattle Coolea Cullen Dromtarriff fulacht fiadh Gaeltacht Mhúscraí Gougane Barra Inghne Bhuide Millstreet Slí Muscrai Gaeltacht St Abbán St Finbarre St Gobnait St Laitiaran Tubrid well Warts

Putting things off ’til later

6th May 2018 12 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Other West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Ballymakeera Bones Bruno O Donoghue bullaun cashel Gaeltacht Mhúscraí Gougane Barra Inchigeelagh Kilnamartyra King of Sunday offerings St Finbarre St Lachteen Warts

Some Curious Wells near Doneraile

7th August 2017 6 Comments

Fuelled with a large and delicious breakfast at the  Café Townhouse in Doneraile a clutch of wells were on the agenda today resulting in two no shows, an unexpected possible and a dilapidated well in a curious position. St Coneela’s Well, Doneraile St Coneela’s Well, in the townland of Horseclose and on the edge of […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Awbeg river Capability Brown Castle Curious Charles Smith Colonel Grove White Doneraile Golf Club Doneraile Park Dreenagh Woods Eyes Johhny Roche Lameness Lord Castletown St Branit St Coneela st Cranat St Ledgers

Well Shifting around Donoughmore

30th July 2017 8 Comments

Still travelling to Doneraile, three wells around Donoughmore lured us off the N20. All three were dedicated to  St Lachteen, he of the beautiful arm reliquary and multiple wells around Kilnamartrya. He is also considered to be patron saint of Donoughmore and many churches and schools are still named after him, as are the three […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory beech tree Doneraile Eyes Grenagh Hartnett JCHAS Kilnamartyra pilgrimage quartz reliquary Rheumatism rounds Schools' Folklore Project Seán Ó Coindealbháin St Lachteen white salmon

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