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St Fursey & the Holy Mountain

10th February 2019 13 Comments

It’s been three years since I started this project to visit every holy well in County Cork and record what I found. I have visited approximately 300 wells and apart from a couple, think that the remaining 50 can mainly be classified as no visible trace. I have changed the introduction to the website and […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Ballinrobe Church Cahersiveen Canon Timothy Brosnan Dingle Bay East Anglia Eyes Feast Day of the Holy Cross Harry Clarke Kerry Knocknadobar Lunasa Mount Brandon Neustria Peronne Roaringwater Journal Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Fursey Stations of Cross Valentia Island Venerable Bede

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 […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Ballykerwick baptism Blessed Virgin Mary bullaun Castlemagner; Cattle Cloyne Crannahulla Donoughmore Drimoleague Eyes Gougane Barra Irish Times Knockyrouke Lissagriffin Lough Hyne Mary Brenneman Murrain River Lee Ronan Foley Schools' Folklore Project Skibbereen Heritage Centre St Bridget st Cranat St Finbarre St Lachteen St Olan Templeboden Thomas Crofton Croker Walter Brenneman Warts

Three Gentlemen, a Yeti & a Medicinal Draught

4th November 2018 6 Comments

One of the really nice things about well hunting has been the meeting of so many different people, often in unexpected circumstances, They have unfailingly been kind, interested and helpful. My favourite phrases have to be : I’ll take you – or Hang on, I’ll just get my wellies. Which brings me to three gentleman recently encountered […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ballinadee bullaun Conan Kennedy Eyes Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Ley Lines & Holy Wells in Ballinspittle Mass Rock quartz Roaringwater Bay Roaringwater Journal Schools' Folklore Project standing stones Warts

Motorway Madness: 9 possible wells off the M8

15th October 2018 5 Comments

Back on the road again and heading down the east side of the M8 today – apologies if this is a bit of a ramble in all senses of the word! First a quick detour west to Ballyhooly to inspect St Brendan’s Well just glimpsed yesterday as the light and myself were fading. Ballyhooly by […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Ballyhooly cairn Carn Thiernagh Castleblagh Castlehyde Clondulane. Coillte Corrin Hill Corrin Wood Dublin Eyes frog fulacht fiadh Headaches M8 Mass Rock Michael Flatley Patrick Barry ring fort St Brendan St Catherine St John St Mochuda St Peter St Valentine Stations of the Cross stone cross Whitefriars

Chalk & Cheese: two very different wells near Burnfort

4th September 2018 13 Comments

The last two wells in the latest North Cork exploration were like chalk and cheese, wonderful contrasts to show just how different holy wells can be. But first a diversion to Island Wedge tomb (CO042-056001) in the same townland as the first well. Island Wedge Tomb This took some finding – just a few miles […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Burnfort Colonel Grove White Eyes Island Wedge Tomb Midsummer offerings pilgrimage rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St John statue trout

Cattle, Castles and Cranat: exploring around Ballyclogh

28th August 2018 6 Comments

The day started with a visit to the outskirts of Kanturk in search of a holy well. It didn’t sound very promising: In pasture, c. 200m S of possible church and burial ground (14106). Bowman (1934, 523) recorded holy well here, noting that ‘Rounds have been discontinued for a long time’. Well collapsed and dry; […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Ballyclogh Castle Ballykitt cilleen Colonel Grove White Doneraile Eyes ford Kanturk Kilmaclenine Kilroe cemetery Mass Rock Schools' Folklore Project St Branit st Cranat tower house

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