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Shady Lady: Mary Magdalen’s Well, Kilbane, Limerick City

11th March 2024 15 Comments

One of the holy wells I was keen to visit on my Limerick trip is dedicated to Mary Magdalen, the only one I have come across with this dedication. Two photos from the National Folklore Photographic Collection show how impressive it had looked in the 1950s, sporting a stone cupola and containing a life-size statue […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: ash Caoimhin O Danachair Eyes fulacht fiadh Kilbane Limerick Diocesan Heritage Mary Magdalen Monaleen National Folklore Photographic Collection Newmarket offerings rounds Stomach ailments Trinity Well

Enchantment around Myrtleville

27th November 2021 10 Comments

I always love being invited to see a well. Deirdre contacted me during the first severe lockdown and explained that she had beaten a track to a holy well at Gortigrenane, within her 5km! She was delighted to have found the well, still flowing, and sent me some photographs, offering to take me there when […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: boar buttermaking Conal Maol Connall Cearnach Cú Cuchulain Diarmuid & Grainne Eyes Ferdia Finn mac Cumhaill firkins fulacht fiadh Gleann na Muice Duibhe gortigrenane Myrtleville Riverstick Schools' Folklore Project

In Search of Fair Women

14th July 2021 7 Comments

A most enjoyable morning in the company of Patsy O Callagan and John Lane, two very knowledgeable and passionate local historians. They had invited me to explore two obscure wells in their parish of Iniscarra – how could I refuse. Fuelled with good coffee at the Angler’s Rest we headed off down small country lanes, […]

Filed Under: Iveragh Peninsula North Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory for Cork Bentee Mountain Cahersiveen Carhan Woods Carhue Courtbrack Denny Lane epilepsy fulacht fiadh goddesses Iniscarra Matehy Penal Times Schools' Folklore Project

A Few Waifs & Strays

3rd December 2019 7 Comments

A few waifs and strays remain from the many trips to Kerry this year. Here’s a quick round up of those in Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula. Baile an Bhoithín, Ballywiheen ecclesiastical site We pulled in to examine an intriguing site that lay right on the side of the road having spotted mounds and crosses from […]

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An Epic Pilgrimage for Michaelmas

28th September 2019 12 Comments

There is a very picturesque area near Baile an Sceilg, Ballinskelligs, on the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry known as the Glen. It stretches from Duchalla Head to Puffin Island, encompassing the enigmatic Skellig Rocks nine miles off the coast. The most famous rock, Sceilg Mhíchíl, Skellig Michael, was an early Christian settlement, where the monks […]

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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 […]

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