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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

Two wells on the Cork/Limerick border

23rd January 2022 8 Comments

Whilst in Limerick hunting down the Gobnait wells, it would have been rude not to visit a few others in the vicinity. In fact, I fear County Limerick might be calling! These two wells are literally on the border with Cork near Charleville, in fact they are both mentioned in the entries for County Cork […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary BVM Castletown-Conyers Colmanswell Eamon de Valera icon offerings Our Lady pattern day pilgrimage Rheumatism rounds Schools' Folklore Project shrine sore eyes St Colman St Roch

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

Signage, paths & no cows: three wells in North Kerry

3rd November 2019 9 Comments

This was rather an unexpected sight to see in a remote area of North Kerry: three larger than life statues of St Bridget, Our Lady and Christ crucified lined up along the side of a road. They were of course connected with a holy well. Knoppoge Holy Well, St Brigid’s Well, Tobar Eilís, Tobereleesh, Tobar […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballyduff Blessed Virgin Mary Caoimhín ÓDanachair Céile Dé Culdees Eyes GoKerry gold trout grotto hermit Jane Brideson John Galvin Kilflynn Linda Graham Mass Muintir na Tire offerings Pádraig Ó Riain. pattern day pilgrimage quartz ring fort rounds Schools' Folklore Project Shannow River Sheridan Stained Glass St Bridget St Flainn

St Batt’s Well & an Abundance of Cattle

28th October 2019 7 Comments

It is the season for frisky and curious cattle and they were in abundance near the first two wells encountered in today’s exploration in North Kerry. St Lúireach’s Well, Tobar Luráigh, Toberlury Tobar Luráigh looked remote and difficult to find on the map, and it was. The footpath shown on the early OS maps had […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Backache Ballyheigue bullaun Caoimhín ÓDanachair leprosy offerings OPW Pádraig Ó Riain. Rattoo Rheumatism round tower rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Bartholomew St Lóchán St Lúireach Throats trout Valentia Island

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

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