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A mysterious well at the end of the world – St Erc, Kerry Head

6th April 2025 14 Comments

I have unsuccessfully tried to find St Erc’s Well on two previous occasion and written about my first experience here. It has played on my mind however, and another trip to North Kerry in the company of Himself and Finola from Roaringwater Journal, provided an opportunity for a third, and hopefully, fruitful exploration. St Erc’s […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: bulla bullaun bulley Charles Smith Corridons Glenderry Heneas MacNichaill Irish Tourist Association Kerry Kerry Head leacht pilgrimage rounds St Brendan St Brigid St Erc St Gobnait St Macadaw

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

Kinsale: Fan na dTubraid, a town built on springs

17th November 2024 2 Comments

I recently joined forces with Charlotte Cargin who took me on a whirlwind tour of some of the wells in Kinsale, the town originally called Fan na dTubraid: the Slope of the Springs/Wells. I had noticed that Charlotte was busy uncovering wells in the town and surrounding areas and wanted to find out a bit […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Abbey Well beech tree bile bullaun BVM Carmelite Abbey Compass Hill ITA Cork Kinsale Mellisfontstown Pauper's WEll Schools' Folklore Project St Eiltin sycamore Tisaxon Waterworks

Diversions in Tipperary Part 4: featuring some strange & colourful saints

27th October 2024 5 Comments

Whilst roving around Tipperary recently, we came across some wonderful sites connected with some colourful and interesting saints – some previously visited before and some new. First up St Séadna, possibly St John, St Seona, St Sedna or even St Senan. St Séadna’s Well, Glen of Aherlow Located in the south east corner of Clonbeg […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Ahenny bullaun Burns butter stone Clonbeg Conleth Manning County Tipperary cross cross slab Emly Glen of Aherlow Headaches high cross ITA Limerick offerings OPW pattern rag tree Rheumatism rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Ailbe st Berrihert St Clispeen St John St Peacaun St Scoithin St Sedna Tullylease wolf

Diversions in Tipperary: Part 3. Tobar Íosa, Cahir

16th September 2024 3 Comments

It’s been a while since we had a proper fieldtrip and this one was bittersweet – the first time we had ventured out without Robert, our dear friend, husband of Finola, and one half of Roaringwater Journal, who sadly passed away in March. Although much missed he seemed ever present and I know he would […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: bullaun Cahir Cahir tidy towns Canon Patrick Power Christmas Eve County Tipperary cross slab Eddie Costello grotto Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Jesus Mass Rock Megalithic Ireland National Folklore Photographic Collection pebbles pilgrimage rag tree Roaringwater Journal rounds Schools' Folklore Project shrine sores St Patrick termon stone Tobar Iosa Warts

St Ben’s Day: Tullylease revisited

25th February 2024 Leave a Comment

I have been invited to give a talk to Thomond Historical Society in March and thought I ought to have a few more Limerick wells under my belt and so planned a speed well trip! On the way up a spot of serendipity for Nicholas invited me to the Well Day in Tullylease, which was […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary Book of Armagh bullaun Colonel Grove White cross slab deer druid fire Headaches Hind Stone Lindisfarne Gospels novena pattern day rounds Schools' Folklore Project Seamus Murphy sore eyes sore fingers St Beircheart st Berrihert St Patrick Synod of Whitby Tullylease Ulster Journal of Archaeology

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