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St Finbarr Revisited & some thoughts on conservation

4th October 2020 8 Comments

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I am finally back in Ireland having spent six months in New Zealand, four months longer than intended due to Covid-19! The virus continues to restrict movements so I decided to revisit two holy wells close to home and see how they were faring. Last time I visited was in 2016 and both wells, both […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Blessed Virgin Mary Castleventry cilleen Colonel Grove White crosses Cullen Derryduff Dunmanway Eyes Glanworth Glen of Comeraportera HMAC Irish Examiner Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kilbarry National Monuments Service rag tree Schools' Folklore Project St Dominic St Finbarre St Laitiaran The Kerryman trout Tullylease Tús

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly …

31st December 2017 Leave a Comment

… a quick whizz through some of the most memorable holy wells visited in 2017. Most privileged encounter: St Patrick’s Well, Castletownroche The year started with a wonderful encounter where we were not only privileged to visit St Patrick’s Well, Castletownroche, right on the Blackwater River, but we were also given an extensive and personal tour […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Allihies ballaun stone Ballygarvan Blackwater Castle Blarney Castletownbere Castletownroche cilleen Donoughmore Doonpeter Dripsey fulacht fiadh Glanworth Kanturk Lough Ine Mitchelstown piseog Rathmore Rockspring Rooves Beg Sherkin Island sile na gig Skibbereen Storm Ophelia

St Gregory & St Catherine: two secretive wells in North Cork

1st September 2017 Leave a Comment

Visiting North Cork with some friends we headed in the direction of Glanworth, first stopping off at two saintly wells: one dedicated to St Gregory and the other to St Catherine.  Gregory’s Well, Tobercarrown, Ballyshonock This well is not marked on the current OS map but is referred to as Tobercarrown on the historic 25 […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Black & Tans Bowen Court Colonel Grove White de Valera Elizabeth Bowen Eyes Farahy River Glanworth Mallow Field Journal Schools' Folklore Project

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