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Enchantment & Petrification: St Feaghna’s Well, Bonane

11th December 2019 16 Comments

This has to be one of the most extraordinary and unusual sites yet visited. Extraordinary in so many ways: from the setting, to the monuments to the folklore. Apologies for the length of this post but I was immersed and enchanted! Veering off the N71 from Glengarriff to Kenmare, you encounter a myriad of tiny […]

Filed Under: South Kerry Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory blessed bush Bonane bullaun Cattle cilleen Constellation of Orion cursing stones; Easter Francis Joseph Bigger Garranes homing stone John O Donovan Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries keelers Kenmare Kilmalkedar Kilpatrick Kilruddery Mr and Mrs SC Hall Petrified Dairy pilgrimage Priest's Leap Rheumatism Rolls of Butter rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Feaghna turas Warts Winter Solstice

Water into Wine & Other Stories; three wells dedicated to St Brendan

30th August 2019 8 Comments

There are a wealth of wells dedicated to St Brendan in County Kerry. So far I have visited where he was baptised, where he anointed two heathens, where he received the vision to go across the Atlantic and various others that are dedicated to this well beloved and wandering saint. Three more were on my […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Ballyferriter bullaun callarugh Carl Von Sydow cilleen Corca Dhuibhne Corca Dhuibne 3D Cosán na Naomh cupmarks Epiphany fish Game of Thrones Kilcolman ecclesiastical enclosure Kildurrihy Kilmalkedar Maltese cross Max von Sydow Ogham pilgrim routes pilgrimage Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Gobnait's Stone Star Wars Ventry water to wine

Two wells & a whole lot more at Cill Mhaoilchéadair

21st August 2019 11 Comments

The western tip of Corca Dhuibhne, the Dingle Peninsula, is remarkable for the sheer density of early Christian remains: ecclesiastical enclosures, early crosses and holy wells abound. Passing through these clusters is Cosán na Naomh, the Saint’s Path, which is surely no coincidence.This pilgrim path starts in Dingle, Ventry or Kilmalkedar and wends its way […]

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