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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly …

31st December 2017 Leave a Comment

… a quick whizz through some of the most memorable holy wells visited in 2017. Most privileged encounter: St Patrick’s Well, Castletownroche The year started with a wonderful encounter where we were not only privileged to visit St Patrick’s Well, Castletownroche, right on the Blackwater River, but we were also given an extensive and personal tour […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Allihies ballaun stone Ballygarvan Blackwater Castle Blarney Castletownbere Castletownroche cilleen Donoughmore Doonpeter Dripsey fulacht fiadh Glanworth Kanturk Lough Ine Mitchelstown piseog Rathmore Rockspring Rooves Beg Sherkin Island sile na gig Skibbereen Storm Ophelia

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

Way out East, a clutch of wells around Youghal

22nd June 2017 Leave a Comment

A while ago I spent a couple of days around Youghal, several wells on the agenda. While doing a spot of research I came across reference to some wells en route to Youghal, notably in the Carrigtwohill area: The five Holy Wells in our parish have gone dry or disused. Their locations are as follows: […]

Filed Under: East Cork Tagged With: Aghadoe ballaun stone Ballymaloe Cookery School Barryscourt Castle Boyle Monument Carrigtwohill Edmund Spencer Mass Rock Seafield' St Coran St David St Mary's Collegiate Church Youghal Thomas Seward Walter Raleigh Warts Youghal

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

Exploring around the M8

8th May 2017 7 Comments

A very fruitful three days in East and Mid Cork enjoying a spot of well hunting. A fine variety was discovered, this little crop lurking on either side of the M8. St Cuain’s Well, Tobairin Cuain, Knockraha This well sounded intriguing: I liked both names – Knockraha (hill of the forts) and the unusual and […]

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