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Ardfert

Ringing in the old & the new: a round up of explorations in 2024

31st December 2024 6 Comments

It’a always interesting to look back on a year and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. It didn’t feel as though I’d visited many holy wells this year as much of my time had been taken up with the project Well, Well, Well?, working with artist Marie Brett. This immersive and creative project […]

Filed Under: Limerick North Cork North Kerry Other West Cork Tagged With: Ardfert Ardfield Ballyheigue Ballyvourney Bristol bullaun Buxton BVM Cahir Celeste Ray Cloon West Culture Night Glen of Aherlow Glenbeigh leacht Liscaroll Lixnaw Manchán Magan Marie Brett Millstreet Mitchelstown pattern day pilgrimage pillar stone Roaringwater Journal St Anthony st Berrihert St Brendan St Brigid St Edith St Fanahan St Finian St Gobnait St James St John's Eve St Michael St Patrick St Peacaun St Sedna TG4 Tobar na Molt Tubrid Tullylease well dressing

Well, Well, Well? The making of an arthouse film

11th October 2024 14 Comments

Fieldwork has taken a bit of a back burner this year for I have been involved in a very exciting project which has just come to fruition. Almost a year ago I was contacted by Marie Brett, an award winning visual artist, who wondered if I might be interested in working with her on an […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Abbeydorney Alan Cooke Ardfert Arts Council Bandon Library Billy mag Fhlionn Bruce Misstear BVM Ceolann Hall CreativeIreland Culture Night Jenny Butler Kerry Arts Kinsale Library Liscaroll Lixnaw Lucy Wright Maija Sofia Marie Brett Millstreet Millstreet Library Millstreet.ie pattern day Richard Scriven Rockspring Ronan Foley Siamsa Tire St Michael St Michael's Well Tobar na Molt Tubrid well Working Artist Studios workshops

In Praise of Well Keepers

10th December 2023 12 Comments

I am in the early stages of collaborating on an art project focusing on holy wells. Marie Brett is leading the project and approached me with inquiries about locating possible holy wells. After a lot of difficulty I narrowed it down to four wells, two in North Cork and two in North Kerry, all visited […]

Filed Under: North Cork North Kerry Tagged With: Ardfert Bealtine BVM Cathair Crobh Dearg eel healing Lixnaw Marie Brett Millstreet pattern Rockspring St Brendan St Michael The City Tobar na Molt Tubrid Wethers Well

Sunday’s Well, Lisloose: A Cautionary Tale

26th August 2021 8 Comments

Sundays well Lisloose

An unexpected meeting with fellow holy well enthusiast Gail Tangney led to an enjoyable whizz around Tralee inspecting three wells. First we had an excellent coffee and bun in the wonderful Madden’s coffee shop. It was even Infant of (Pride) Prague themed! Refreshed we leapt in our cars and headed to Lisloose. Sunday’s Well, Tobar […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Ardfert Caoimhín ÓDanachair Eddie Lenihan Irish Examiner Moydore Well Patrick Logan pilgrimage rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project The Kerryman Tralee

A tale of Saints & Sheep: Tobar na Molt, Ardfert

20th November 2018 13 Comments

A trip to Kerry and a chance to take a quick excursion to a well I have long wanted to visit – Tobar na Molt, Well of the Wethers, in Ardfert just north east of Tralee. I have always been intrigued by the name and this entry from the Schools’ Folklore Collection offers an explanation: […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Altar An Túr Gloine Ardfert Bishop Erc bloodhounds Danes Lameness Mass Michael Healy. Patrick Logan Penal Times penitential pilgrimage pilgrims' shelter rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Erc St Ita statues tomb chest trout Tubrid wethers

St Brendan’s Well, Tobar Breanain, Castlepoint

26th March 2016 5 Comments

This little well proved very elusive the first time we looked for it but the exploration was interesting. We asked directions from a man who was tie dyeing table cloths for his 70th birthday. He was a little uncertain but pointed us in the right direction. We searched hither and thither but found nothing that […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ardfert Bantry Bishop Erc Cattle Clonfert Hy Brasail Leamcon rounds St Brendan Twelve Apostles

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