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Tobar Eoin Baiste, Cooliska

25th April 2022 8 Comments

St John’s Well, Tobar Eoin Baiste, Cooliska Still in County Limerick, today’s holy well is about seven kilometres southwest of Newcastle West in the townland of Cooliska : an Chúil Loiscthe, the burnt corner. It is large well right on the roadside, dominated by a sparkling white statue of the patron saint, St John the […]

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On Wells 2: the Water & the Cure

6th December 2018 11 Comments

The most significant thing about a holy well is of course the water. Not all wells are wells though, they can be springs, lakes, scoops in rock, ponds, hollows in trees or part of a stream. And not all wells now contain water  – 37 holy wells visited were dry. Hopefully a few of those […]

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