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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

Found, Forgotten, Revisited: a November round up

30th November 2024 3 Comments

A blog highlighting some recently visited wells around County Cork and County Kerry, including some old friends and some new discoveries. It is now reasonable to assume that many holy wells date from before the Christian era and can therefore be hundreds of years old. The first well described may be unusual in that it […]

Filed Under: North Cork North Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Assumption Bachall Ísu Ballydehob BVM Carrigafoyle Castle Castletown Kinneigh Derrylahan Dunmanway Eyes Farthingville grotto healing Marian year Mitchelstown novena pilgrimage Schools' Folklore Project St Eiltin St Fanahan St Patrick St Senan Stomach ailments

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

Well, Well, Well? The making of an arthouse film

11th October 2024 14 Comments

Fieldwork has taken a bit of a back burner this year for I have been involved in a very exciting project which has just come to fruition. Almost a year ago I was contacted by Marie Brett, an award winning visual artist, who wondered if I might be interested in working with her on an […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Abbeydorney Alan Cooke Ardfert Arts Council Bandon Library Billy mag Fhlionn Bruce Misstear BVM Ceolann Hall CreativeIreland Culture Night Jenny Butler Kerry Arts Kinsale Library Liscaroll Lixnaw Lucy Wright Maija Sofia Marie Brett Millstreet Millstreet Library Millstreet.ie pattern day Richard Scriven Rockspring Ronan Foley Siamsa Tire St Michael St Michael's Well Tobar na Molt Tubrid well Working Artist Studios workshops

Well dressed – in Buxton, Derbyshire

14th July 2024 10 Comments

I’m just back from a week in Buxton, England having attended the excellent Sacred Waters Conference organised by Sewanee Liberal Arts College, Tennessee and Durham University, England. It was well attended with speakers and participants from America, England, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ibiza, Scotland, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, India, Nigeria and Wales. It […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Aqua Arnemetiae Buxton BVM Derbyshire Duke of Devonshire Mary Queen of Scots Peak district pilgrims Rheumatism Sacred Waters spa St Anne thermal water welldressing

The curious, the scenic and the challenging – a 2023 round up

17th December 2023 4 Comments

It’s been a busy year for holy well work and the main excitement was the publication of my book Holy Wells of County Cork. This was kindly launched by Gary Branigan, author of Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin and was hosted by the Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob. The book of course took much longer […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: An Blascoad Mór Ballyvourney Bandon Blasket Islands BVM Castleventry Cill Ralaigh eel Illauloughan Knockpatrick Lixnaw Manchán Magan Millstreet Squince Harbour St Barrigone's Well St Brigid St Crohane St Gobnait St Michael St Patrick Stouke Timoleague Tubrid well

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