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Lady’s Well, Ballylanders

26th February 2022 8 Comments

There is only one Holy Well in the parish of Ballylander Co. Limerick – it is in the graveyard about two hundred yards from the village. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and is patronised especially by those suffering from sore eyes. 15th August is the pattern day and for a fortnight before and […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: Ballylanders BVM Caoimhín ÓDanachair Eyes Feast of the Assumption Folklore Photographic Collection grotto Kilmallock Lameness rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project trout

En route to Ardpatrick

30th January 2022 3 Comments

En route to Ardpatrick, a sign caught our eye somewhere near Kilfinnane- holy wells. Having never knowingly driven past one let alone more than one, we decided to investigate. A gap in a hedge and faded signage looked hopeful. It was quite a steep clamber down the other side, the steps literally cut into the […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: Bachall Ísu BVM early ecclesiastical settlement Kilfinane Lameness offerings pilgrimage rag tree Rheumatism rickets round tower rounds Schools' Folklore Project sore eyes souterrain. St Patrick whitethorns

An Epic Pilgrimage for Michaelmas

28th September 2019 12 Comments

There is a very picturesque area near Baile an Sceilg, Ballinskelligs, on the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry known as the Glen. It stretches from Duchalla Head to Puffin Island, encompassing the enigmatic Skellig Rocks nine miles off the coast. The most famous rock, Sceilg Mhíchíl, Skellig Michael, was an early Christian settlement, where the monks […]

Filed Under: Iveragh Peninsula Tagged With: An Seabhac Ballinskelligs Blessed Virgin Mary Caoimhín ÓDanachair Charles Smith clochán Conan mac Mourna cross slab Duchás Photographic Collection Dungegan Eyes Fenian Cycle Fionn Mac Cumhaill fulacht fiadh gable shrine Gentleman's Magazine Henry S Crawford HM Westropp holed stone Iveragh Peninsula Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries Kerry Archaeological Magazine Kilkeaveragh Mountain Killemlagh church Kinnitty Lake Killarney Lameness laura MJ Delap offerings oratory Pádraig Ó Riain. Patrick Logan pattern day pilgrimage PJ Lynch Rosary rounds Skellig Michael St Brendan St Finián Cam St Finián's Bay St Michael St Patrick stations turas UNESCO World Heritage Site Valentia Island Waterville

A tale of Saints & Sheep: Tobar na Molt, Ardfert

20th November 2018 13 Comments

A trip to Kerry and a chance to take a quick excursion to a well I have long wanted to visit – Tobar na Molt, Well of the Wethers, in Ardfert just north east of Tralee. I have always been intrigued by the name and this entry from the Schools’ Folklore Collection offers an explanation: […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Altar An Túr Gloine Ardfert Bishop Erc bloodhounds Danes Lameness Mass Michael Healy. Patrick Logan Penal Times penitential pilgrimage pilgrims' shelter rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Erc St Ita statues tomb chest trout Tubrid wethers

Causing havoc in Carrignavar!

2nd October 2018 9 Comments

Back in County Cork and I’m now on the trail of 15 obscure holy wells located on each side of the M8 heading towards Fermoy. I’m to the west of the motorway today and my first stop is near Watergrasshill. St Stephen’s Well Described by the Archaeological Inventory as a hollow in the ground with […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballybrack Blessed Virgin Mary Carrignavar Crucifixion Fermoy grotto King of Sunday Lameness M8 quartz St Michael St Stephen Watergrasshill

Meandering south of Mallow

9th September 2017 6 Comments

Four wells on the agenda today, all south of Mallow and all having interesting and detailed write ups by Colonel Grove White in his Historical and Topological Notes etc. Ania’s Well, Tobar Aine, Dromore As we approached Dromore House, (now called Nazareth House and run by the Sisters of Nazareth as a holistic centre) where the well […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballyvourney Colonel Grove White Dromore eel Eyes Kilcolman Kilgobnet Kilshannig Lameness National Inventory of Architectural Heritage pattern day rounds Schools' Folklore Project Sisters of Nazareth Skarragh Wood St Gobnait trout

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