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St Gobnait: she’s a fine woman

14th March 2021 16 Comments

We left St Gobnait, weary but content having spotted her nine white deer in Ballyvourney, the predicted place of her Resurrection. Here she founded a nunnery, renowned for the caring of the poor and sick. But this is the thing, St Gobnait may have lived in the 7C but she remains very much alive and […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ballyvourney beachair bees bulla bulley deer Gadai dubh Harry Clarke Herlihys pilgrimage plague rounds Schools' Folklore Project sile na gig St Abbán St Macadaw

A Peregrination Part 2: meet the family

28th February 2021 8 Comments

In A Peregrination Part 1, we followed St Gobnait as she started her journey from Inis Oirr on the Aran Islands, through Kerry, Limerick and Waterford as she searched for the place of her resurrection – identifiable by seeing nine white deer. She has already seen a smattering of deer, left a scattering of churches, […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Aghabulloge Cathair Crobh Dearg Colonel Grove White Croabh Dearg Cullen deer Dromtarriff Harry Clarke Kilgobban Kilgobnet Máire MacNeill Millstreet Morrigan Schools' Folklore Project Sean Keating St Gobnait St Inghne Bhuidhe St Laitairian St Olan The City

A Peregrination part 1: the wanderings of St Gobnait

20th February 2021 14 Comments

With time to think, research and mentally meander, St Gobnait has been in my thoughts. I thought it might be interesting to look in detail at her remarkable journey when she too (physically) meandered around Munster, as she searched for the site of her resurrection. It’s a long and complicated wandering and will be covered […]

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Thinking Out Gobnait

23rd June 2019 14 Comments

A visit to Corca Dhuibhne, the Dingle Peninsula, and the Gaeltacht, with several interesting wells on the agenda (an oxymoron surely). First stop, Dún Chaoin, Dunquin, and Ionad agus Oileán an Bhlascaoid Mhór, the Blasket Centre, Designed over 25 years ago and nestling respectfully into the landscape, this is an interesting building containing a fascinating display […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: Aran Islands Ballyvourney bees Blasket Centre Blasket Islands Bones cairn Caoimhín ÓDanachair Cliodna Cussen clochán Dunquin Gaeltacht Harry Clarke Honan Chapel Imbolc Inis Oirr Kerry Robert Mitchum rounds Ryan's Daughter Sean Keating Seán Mac tSithigh. St Gobnait stone cross The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney Toothache University College Cork

Two wells on Valentia Island

24th February 2019 10 Comments

A couple of days staying on Valentia Island. The weather roared and howled around us with a complex mixture of snow and sleet, gales and glorious sunshine. Our comfy base was the Royal Hotel Valentia – a roaring fire and excellent food welcoming us after each hard day’s well hunt. Valentia is a remarkable place […]

Filed Under: Iveragh Peninsula Tagged With: Blasket Islands Cahersiveen Christy Moore cilleen cross slab currach Dictionary of Irish Saints Failte Ireland Photographic Collection Fenit George Walsh grotto Harry Clarke Honan Chapel Imleach Bog Isle of the Blessed Judas Iscariot Kerry Knight of Kerry Knightstown leacht Marian year Michael Healey Mount Brandon Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis pelican penitential station Portmagee Rheumatism rounds Royal Valentia Hotel Schools' Folklore Project Shaun Davey Skellig Michael slate quarry St Brendan St Ita stained glass The Kerryman Tim Severin Valentia Island

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 […]

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