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Four very different wells around Timoleague

25th February 2016 13 Comments

Today we headed out east on the trail of wells in the Timoleague area. Our first stop was a beautifully kept and still revered Lady’s Well, Tobar Mhuire, just outside the town. Lady’s Well,Tobar Mhuire, Timoleague This little well can be found right next to the GAA pitch on the road into Timoleague. It is […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Bantry Blessed Trinity Blessed Virgin Mary Burren Bridge BVM clochán eels Eyes General Kilbrittain pilgrimage Rathclaren rounds Schools' Folklore Project Spittle St Abbán Timoleague Timoleague Abbey Warts

Lady’s Well, Tobar Mhuire, Sheep’s Head

19th February 2016 15 Comments

This attractive little well is found next to a Mass rock and together they form a special site, still visited and venerated. The road that leads up to Lady’s Well is signed but tiny with huge views across Bantry Bay. Park where you can then go through the stile, across a very muddy field, sometimes […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Bantry Bantry House Archives Beach Blessed Virgin Mary BVM eel Feast of the Assumption Feast of the Immaculate Conception General Mass Rock offerings pattern day Penal Times rounds Schools' Folklore Project Sheep's Head Sheep's Head Way St Gobnait

Four rather obscure wells on the Mizen

16th February 2016 11 Comments

After all the rain and gales, what a beautiful day to be out exploring and hunting for wells. Today we had several wells on the Mizen Peninsula in our sights, all pretty small and obscure but intriguing. Holy well, AltarThe Altar is a famous wedge tomb in a spectacular setting overlooking Toormore but I only […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Altar ballaun stone Barley Cove Callaros Oughter early ecclesiastical settlement eel General Goleen Kilbrown Kilmoe Lissagriffin Mass Rock Mizen National Museum St Brendan St Patrick Warts

St Abban’s Well, Tobar Abán, Baile Mhúirne

13th February 2016 12 Comments

I visited this little well on the 11th February, the feast day of St Gobnait, but was so entranced that I felt it deserved its own page. Appropriately enough St Abán is meant to have been the brother, or possibly the mentor, of St Gobnait and  it may have been he who founded the religious […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Ballyvourney cist Cormac mac Diarmata General Ogham quartz St Abbán St Gobnait

Three wells dedicated to St Gobnait, Baile Mhúirne

12th February 2016 22 Comments

The 11th February is St Gobnait’s Day, the feast day of a very popular saint in West Cork, one who still attracts many pilgrims to her shrine in Baile Mhúirne, (Ballyvourney. I decided to come and pay my respects too and was impressed and moved by this extraordinary experience. The Rounds, Turas GhobntanThe site is large […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Aran Islands Baile Mhúirne ballaun stone Ballyvourney bees bulla cillin deer fish General Kilgobnait offerings pilgrimage quartz rag tree ribbons rounds Schools' Folklore Project Seamus Murphy shrine sile na gig St Gobnait stations statue white fish

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