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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 […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Backache Ballyheigue bullaun Caoimhín ÓDanachair leprosy offerings OPW Pádraig Ó Riain. Rattoo Rheumatism round tower rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Bartholomew St Lóchán St Lúireach Throats trout Valentia Island

A Mountain Well for Lughnasa

5th August 2019 13 Comments

Some wells are more challenging than others. Tobar Bréanainn, St Brendan’s Well, on the  summit of Cnoc Bréanainn, Mount Brandon, has to be one of the most dramatically positioned holy wells and one of the most fiendishly difficult I’ve ever attempted to get to. But it had to be done, and on the correct day, […]

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Tobar Manacháin agus an Madra

21st July 2019 11 Comments

I’m back in the Gaeltacht having finished an intense but rewarding week on an Irish language immersion course in Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Corca Dhuibhne;  Ballyferriter, Dingle Peninsula. (There’ll be a lot of Irish in this blog, hopefully mainly spelled correctly, but it seems only right to give names in Irish first). The course was very […]

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