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Lough Hyne

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

On Wells 4: Pilgrimage, Partying & Paying the Rounds

7th January 2019 9 Comments

You can of course visit a holy well any day of the week but there are certain times when a visit is considered to be especially potent. The main day for visiting a well is the pattern day or pátrún day, usually celebrated on the patron saint’s feast day. St John’s wells are visited on […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Act to Prevent Further Growth of Popery Ballyvourney Bantry Carrigaline Castletownbere Cullen Decree of Excommunication faction fighting Gougane Barra John Barrow Kealkil Lough Hyne Millstreet Mitchelstown pattern day PJ Hartnett sile na gig Southern Reporter St Bartholomew St Bridget St Colman St Fanahan St Finbarre St Gobnait St John St Olan Stations of Cross Synod of Tuam Thomas Crofton Croker Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry William Carleton William Wilde

On Wells 2: the Water & the Cure

6th December 2018 11 Comments

The most significant thing about a holy well is of course the water. Not all wells are wells though, they can be springs, lakes, scoops in rock, ponds, hollows in trees or part of a stream. And not all wells now contain water  – 37 holy wells visited were dry. Hopefully a few of those […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Ballykerwick baptism Blessed Virgin Mary bullaun Castlemagner; Cattle Cloyne Crannahulla Donoughmore Drimoleague Eyes Gougane Barra Irish Times Knockyrouke Lissagriffin Lough Hyne Mary Brenneman Murrain River Lee Ronan Foley Schools' Folklore Project Skibbereen Heritage Centre St Bridget st Cranat St Finbarre St Lachteen St Olan Templeboden Thomas Crofton Croker Walter Brenneman Warts

Two magical wells at Lough Hyne

9th February 2016 10 Comments

Well of the Eyes, Tobairín na Súl This is a most magical site tucked away on the edge of Knockomagh Woods near the shores of Lough Hyne. The well has a tremendous aura and seems to gaze out at you from amongst the trees, beckoning you across the stepping stones over the stream, along the […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Bealtine Eyes General Knockomag Woods Lough Hyne Marian year Mass offerings rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Ina Storm Ophelia

St Brigid’s Well, Tobar Brighde, Lough Hyne

1st February 2016 13 Comments

St Bridget’s Day seems an auspicious date to start a blog about holy wells! And where better to start than Tobar Breedy in West Cork.

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: bullaun Cattle Coins Imbolc Kildare Lough Hyne Skibbereen St Brigid Templebreedy Terri Kearney

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