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A Clonakilty Ramble part 2

6th April 2018 4 Comments

Continuing on from the big day out in Clonakilty environs, four wells still remaining roughly in a direction towards Bandon. The next stop was Kilbrittain but I was momentarily distracted by some interesting things around Ballinascarthy which resulted in a quick stop to admire a ruined cottage, complete with unusually fancy door and windows. A possible […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: 1798 Rebellion Ballinascarthy Bandon boycott Castlenalact Eyes Kilbrittain Land League Lisselane House National Inventory of Architectural Heritage PJ Hartnett Southern Star St Brittain The Battle of the Big Cross William Bence Jones

A Final Ramble around Clonakilty & Bandon, part 1

2nd April 2018 8 Comments

It was lovely to be back in the field after a pause due to bad weather and life in general. It also feels as though I am on the last stretch of this project for I have now visited almost 250 holy wells and I suspect there can only be another 50 or so left […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: 12 Apostles of Ireland ballaun Blessed Virgin Mary Bruno O Donoghue Cashelisky Dictionary of Irish Saints Eyes Kilbree Kilroan Lissavard Pádraig Ó Riain. Rosscarbery Schools' Folklore Project St Bridget St Brioneach St Finnian St Ruadháin The Cursing of Tara Warts

Kilmacow Holy Well, near Kanturk

10th December 2017 11 Comments

After a disappointing search for a a couple of wells near Kanturk, we decided to try one more site before returning home to West Cork. It proved to be something rather special. Kilmacow Holy Well, Tobarkilmacoo The well was instantly recognisable as we travelled up the long boreen towards the farmhouse, for there in a […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Carthage the Older cilleen clootie tree ecclesiastical enclosure Eyes fosse Good Friday High King of Tara Kanturk Lismore Millstreet Rahan St Bericheart St Bridget St Declan St Mochuda

Fursey, Friday & Sunday: well hunting around Banteer

3rd December 2017 10 Comments

Day 2 of the Banteer explorations and the the first well on today’s agenda was very close to where we were staying. St Fursey’s Well (or Forsin or Forsa or Fursa) seemed to lie just outside an old graveyard. We found the graveyard easily enough, right beside the road and very enticing it was too […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Banteer BVM Colonel Grove White deer Eyes Fermoyle frog General Good Friday King of Sunday Mass Rock offerings rounds Schools' Folklore Project shrine St Fursey St Gobnait St Gobnait's Stone statue trout

Island Wells 5: Heir Island, Inis Uí Dhrisceoil

27th October 2017 Leave a Comment

Heir island is a remarkable place, tiny at just 2.5km long and 1.5km at its widest, but it has rugged cliffs, sandy beaches, green boreens, and wild moorland. It is home to more than 200 different wildflowers and a haven for birds. 26 souls enjoy it year round but in the summer the numbers swell […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: choughs cillin Cunnamore Pier Eyes Kilcoe Castle Mass Rock Rincolisky Castle Roaringwater Bay Schools' Folklore Project Whitehall

Close Encounters of the Bovine Kind

2nd October 2017 Leave a Comment

Blessed Well, Tobairin Beannaithe, Cashelfeane I have been trying to find this well for ages. It is not marked on the current OS Landranger map but I was intrigued by three detailed entries in the Schools’ Folklore Collection. The first two are  especially interesting as they reference how the cure was said to work for both […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Cashelfean Dunmanus Bay Eyes Kilthomane NS púca Rathura rounds Schools' Folklore Project

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