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St Declan’s Well, Ardmore

1st July 2017 Leave a Comment

I’m just back from an excellent two day conference on Holy Wells, An Tobar, in Waterford. It’s always good to meet like minded fellow enthusiasts and it was a very cosmopolitan and interesting gathering. Congratulations to the two organisers, Celeste Ray and Shane Lordan, for such a well organised and comprehensive conference. After all the […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Arthritis cashel Celeste Ray cloigthithe clootie tree Déisi Muman Eyes hermitage offerings Ogham oratory Philip Dixon-Hardy rounds sculptures St Declan St Declan's Way St Patrick Waterford

St John’s Wells, Castletownbere

6th June 2017 8 Comments

I knew this would be a bit of a challenge and had put off exploring until I had plenty of time – and energy. Just by looking at the OS map I could see these two wells, dedicated to St John, were situated right on top of a pretty steep mountain – the Maulin. From […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Allihies Beara Way Castletownbere Dzochen Beara Eyes Maulin Midsummer pilgrimage quartz rounds Schools' Folklore Project St John St John the Baptist St John's Eve

Island Wells 3: Bere Island: An tOileán Mór

1st June 2017 9 Comments

It’s always a pleasure to visit one of the islands off the coast of Cork, and each of the seven inhabited islands have a very distinct personality of their own. Today I was off to Bere island, An tOileán Mor (the big island); a short ferry trip from Castletownbere. Castletownbere was in a bit of […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Beara Way Castletownbere Eyes rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Michael

Beara Wells 2 & a trip into Kerry

22nd April 2017 9 Comments

Like a terrier with a stick, I kept on thinking about St Mochuda’s Well as yet unfound, and the mystery well at the roadside. A few weeks ago we had a second trip to the Beara Peninsula and  had time to investigate further. A gorgeous cold day, snow on the mountains, the wind whipping through […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary Eyes Gleninchiquin Healy Pass Innisfallen leprosy Massmount church offerings St Finnian Uragh Stone Circle

St Dominic’s Holy Well, Glanworth

28th February 2017 10 Comments

St Dominic’s Well, Tubbernacruinahur, Glanworth This well was visited at the very end of an intense day of exploration. The light was fading and weariness setting in but there was just time for one more well – one I really wanted to visit for I had seen an enticing photograph and hoped against hope that […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Boherash Colonel Grove White Cronee Dominican Friary Eyes Jack Sheahan Labbacallee pilgrimage pilgrims' shelter rag tree River Funcheon Roches Castle Schools' Folklore Project St Dominic The Avondhu trout Windele

Fionnchú: The White Hound

12th February 2017 12 Comments

Arriving in Mitchelstown in the late afternoon the light was fading and a thin mizzle had set in but we thought we could manage a trip to two wells dedicated to the town saint, St Fanahan, or, as he is known as Gaeilge, St Fionnchú: the white hound. St Fanahans’s Well, Tobar Naomh Fionnchú St […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Bangor Book of Lismore Brigown Cennachathach Cliodna Cussen Duchás Photographic Collection eel Eyes Ken Thompson Lameness Niall of the Nine Hostages pattern day Rosary Schools' Folklore Project St Fanahan Stations of Cross

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