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The Case of the Missing Spectacles: All Saints’ Well, Loo Bridge, near Kilgarvan

3rd May 2022 12 Comments

Finally back in County Kerry and in search of a holy well that has long intrigued me: All Saints’ Well, Tobar na Naomh near Loo Bridge, Kilgarvan. This is the folklore that enticed me: There is a well at Loo Bridge called Tobar na Naomh. The people around the place go doing rounds to the […]

Filed Under: South Kerry Tagged With: All Saints Ardtully Castle Caoimhín ÓDanachair Eyes Folklore Photographic Collection Glenflesk Good Friday Gougane Barra ITA Kerry Kilgarvan Kilpadder Loo Bridge pattern day pilgrimage rounds Schools' Folklore Project Slighe na Naomh spectacles St Agatha St Finbarr St Peter & St Paul

Some Favourite Wells of 2018

30th December 2018 4 Comments

It’s been a good year for well hunting, worthy of a quick round up of some of my favourite sites. I reckon I have visited around 150 or so holy wells in the last twelve months, all unique and all in different states of preservation, activity and care. Although most wells are to be found […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Avebury Ballybrack Blessed Virgin Mary Burnfort Buttevant; Cattle cross slabs cursing stones; Derryroe frog high cross Kenmare Kerry Kilpadder Millstreet Mushera Mór Rathcormack Mountain Rheumatism River Awbeg Silbury Hill St Baoithin St Bericheart St John the Baptist St Michael St Peter and St Paul St Ruadháin Tipperary trout Warts

A trip across the Kerry Border 1: Kenmare

19th May 2018 10 Comments

Himself is walking the Kerry Way and required a lift to Kenmare – a great opportunity to nip across to County Kerry, enjoy the sights and possibly seek out a few holy wells. The drive is a fabulous one – everything just gets bigger and more spectacular and more rugged almost the minute you are […]

Filed Under: South Kerry Tagged With: Crucifixion tableau Dromore Castle Eyes Good Friday Holy Day of Obligation Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kenmare Kerry Kerry Way Kilgarvan Kilpadder Mass Rock offerings Owbeg River Peter Paul Rubens rounds Rural Social Scheme Solemnity St Peter and St Paul Toothache trout

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