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Brigid 1500: the Keeper of the Flame

29th January 2024 10 Comments

This year, 2024, marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid, one of the three patron saints of Ireland, along with St Patrick and St Colmcille. Brigid is believed to have to have been born around 450AD in Faughart, County Louth but she is mainly associated with Kildare where she founded a religious […]

Filed Under: East Cork Limerick North Cork North Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Biddy Tree Britway bullaun Castlemagner; Cattle Clonakilty Doireann Ní Ghríofa fish Glastonbury gold trout Gormu Imbolc Infertility Knoppoge Lough Hyne Mental health Mountbridget National Folklore Photographic Collection National Library of Ireland Pallaskenry pattern day pilgrimage rag tree relic Rheumatism ringfort Shangarry sile na gig Solas Bhríde sore eyes Squince Harbour St Brigid Stonehall Youghal

St Brigid’s Well, Castlemagner

16th March 2016 12 Comments

This has to be one of my favourite wells visited so far. We had had an energetic day searching out holy wells in North Cork and this was the last on the agenda. It is not easy to find and seems to be on the fold of several different OS maps but eventually, after much […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballyvourney blessed fish carvings Castlemagner castle Castlemagner; Ceatra River Colonel Grove White Coolavaleen Druidism faction fighting General Glamorgan Imbolc Infertility Kanturk Knocknanuss Knocknauss Magners Mass house Owen Egan pattern day rounds sile na gig St Brigid St Michael Subulter trout Wales

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