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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

St Ita & St Finnian: more exploring around Millstreet

30th November 2017 8 Comments

North Cork is rich in holy wells and although we have made several fruitful exploratory visits already, there are still plenty of interesting sites to visit. We travelled with our friends Robert and Finola of Roaringwater Journal fame and treated ourselves to two nights in a large and spacious Airbnb just outside Banteer. St Ita’s […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: ballaun Blessed Virgin Mary Eddie Lenihan fulacht fiadh General Kilmeedy Castle piseog Roaringwater Journal Schools' Folklore Project St Finnian St Ita St Laitiaran

Exploring around the M8

8th May 2017 7 Comments

A very fruitful three days in East and Mid Cork enjoying a spot of well hunting. A fine variety was discovered, this little crop lurking on either side of the M8. St Cuain’s Well, Tobairin Cuain, Knockraha This well sounded intriguing: I liked both names – Knockraha (hill of the forts) and the unusual and […]

Filed Under: East Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Ballybrack Black & Tans Blessed Virgin Mary Cameron Regiment; cillin Cork No 1 Brigade Doonpeter General Glanmire Knockraha Mass path' Mass Rock Midsummer pilgrim crosses quartz ringfort Schools' Folklore Project shrine Sing Sing Prison St Cuain St John St Patrick War of Independence Winter Solstice

St Peter & St Paul’s Holy Well, near Skibbereen

22nd January 2017 9 Comments

Browsing the Schools’ Folklore Collection as you do (if you haven’t you should – it’s a mine of information: duchás.ie)  I came across a hitherto unknown well just outside Skibbereen. It wasn’t listed in the Archaeological Inventory and I could find no reference to it anywhere else. It sounded fascinating though. This is what Seóirse […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: eels General pilgrimage rag tree Schools' Folklore Project Skibbereen Heritage Centre St Peter and St Paul

An Arboreal Theme

9th December 2016 Leave a Comment

Fuelled with coffee at Budds in Ballydehob we headed off on the R586 towards Bandon, five wells in the GPS. Holy Well, Killowen First stop, a sharp left after Murragh and up an unexpected glen, full of dense foliage and the sound of dripping water. We parked in a layby and Ger just happened to […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: alder tree ballaun stone Blessed Virgin Mary carvings Christigram Eyes General Ginni Swanton Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 King of Sunday Knockavilla Mass Rock Murragh Newcestown ringfort rounds Schools' Folklore Project Warts yew tree

On the Trail of St Lachteen

2nd December 2016 8 Comments

Today we ventured inland into the Gaeltacht  in the search of St Lachteen. St Lachteen (526- 622AD) is patron saint of the Kilnamatrya area, cill na matra meaning church of the relic. This relic in question was an armbone of the saint, housed in an extraordinary artefact: the Lámh Lachtáin. The gorgeous reliquary dates from […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Cloch Ghobnatan Cloheena Donoughmore Eyes Gaeltacht General Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kilnamatrya; Lámh Lachtáin Mohemeth National Museum of Ireland quartz Reananarree reliquary St Abbán St Gobnait St Lachteen

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