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North Kerry Escapade Part 2

1st March 2020 6 Comments

The second part of our day trip around the tip of North Kerry and refreshed with a bowl of soup in a supermarket somewhere rural, we paid a quick visit to Lislaughtin Abbey. It has seen better days but even in a derelict state it was apparent how fine it must once have been. The […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Asdee Astee Ballybunion Blessed Virgin Mary bull Caoimhín ÓDanachair chalybeate Charles Smith Cnoc an Áir Donoughmore Eyes Finn McCool Fionn MacCumbhail fish gold trout Kilnamartyra Lámh Lachtáin Lislaughtin Abbey Marian year Mary Brenneman National Museum of Ireland offerings pilgrimage rag tree reliquary Rheumatism rounds Schools' Folklore Project shrine St John the Baptist St Lachteen St Seanán The Kerryman Walter Brenneman

On the Trail of St Lachteen

2nd December 2016 8 Comments

Today we ventured inland into the Gaeltacht  in the search of St Lachteen. St Lachteen (526- 622AD) is patron saint of the Kilnamatrya area, cill na matra meaning church of the relic. This relic in question was an armbone of the saint, housed in an extraordinary artefact: the Lámh Lachtáin. The gorgeous reliquary dates from […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Cloch Ghobnatan Cloheena Donoughmore Eyes Gaeltacht General Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kilnamatrya; Lámh Lachtáin Mohemeth National Museum of Ireland quartz Reananarree reliquary St Abbán St Gobnait St Lachteen

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