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Patricia O Hare

Travelling hopefully around Tralee

5th May 2025 8 Comments

After the enchantment surrounding the adventure to St Erc’s well in the last blog, it is only fair to reveal that not all holy well explorations are so exciting and rewarding. There are about 10 wells around Tralee that I have been intending to visit for years but it’s been hard to muster enthusiasm. Consulting […]

Filed Under: North Kerry Tagged With: Archaeological Survey for Kerry Ballymakegoge Ballyseedy Caoimhin O Danachair Fenit Good Friday Gortdromagownagh hubby-horse Irish Civil War Jann Renard Goulet Listowel May Day Molahiffe Patricia O Hare pattern Schools' Folklore Project St Bartholomew St Batt Sunday's Well Tralee trout

A holy stone & a crooked half crown: meandering in South Kerry

21st July 2022 10 Comments

A quick field trip to County Kerry recently produced a couple of interesting finds. The first was a bullaun stone, recognised as a holy well, now enclosed in its own ivy-covered stone enclosure at the side of the Cloonalassan road out for Castlemaine. Closer inspection revealed the bullaun to be large, flush with the ground […]

Filed Under: South Kerry Tagged With: Barbara Freitag bullaun BVM Castlemaine Celeste Ray Kilsarkan Kiltallagh offerings Patricia O Hare pilgrimage rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project sile na gig sore eyes St Carthage St Mochuda

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