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Ringing in the old & the new: a round up of explorations in 2024

31st December 2024 6 Comments

It’a always interesting to look back on a year and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. It didn’t feel as though I’d visited many holy wells this year as much of my time had been taken up with the project Well, Well, Well?, working with artist Marie Brett. This immersive and creative project […]

Filed Under: Limerick North Cork North Kerry Other West Cork Tagged With: Ardfert Ardfield Ballyheigue Ballyvourney Bristol bullaun Buxton BVM Cahir Celeste Ray Cloon West Culture Night Glen of Aherlow Glenbeigh leacht Liscaroll Lixnaw Manchán Magan Marie Brett Millstreet Mitchelstown pattern day pilgrimage pillar stone Roaringwater Journal St Anthony st Berrihert St Brendan St Brigid St Edith St Fanahan St Finian St Gobnait St James St John's Eve St Michael St Patrick St Peacaun St Sedna TG4 Tobar na Molt Tubrid Tullylease well dressing

Well, Well, Well? The making of an arthouse film

11th October 2024 14 Comments

Fieldwork has taken a bit of a back burner this year for I have been involved in a very exciting project which has just come to fruition. Almost a year ago I was contacted by Marie Brett, an award winning visual artist, who wondered if I might be interested in working with her on an […]

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An Easter Pilgrimage: Glenbeigh, County Kerry

4th April 2024 1 Comment

Almost on the spur of the moment, we decided to travel to Glenbeigh in County Kerry to take part in the annual Easter Monday pilgrimage going to St Finán/Finnian’s Well. This well was renovated by local people in 2019 and is a source of much community pride – I have visited once before and written […]

Filed Under: Iveragh Peninsula Tagged With: Glenbeigh Kerry Bog Museum Macgillycuddyreeks Mass pattern day pilgrimage Red Fox Inn Rossbeigh St Finán

St Ben’s Day: Tullylease revisited

25th February 2024 Leave a Comment

I have been invited to give a talk to Thomond Historical Society in March and thought I ought to have a few more Limerick wells under my belt and so planned a speed well trip! On the way up a spot of serendipity for Nicholas invited me to the Well Day in Tullylease, which was […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary Book of Armagh bullaun Colonel Grove White cross slab deer druid fire Headaches Hind Stone Lindisfarne Gospels novena pattern day rounds Schools' Folklore Project Seamus Murphy sore eyes sore fingers St Beircheart st Berrihert St Patrick Synod of Whitby Tullylease Ulster Journal of Archaeology

An unveiling: two new statues of St Gobnait revealed

14th February 2024 9 Comments

One of the extraordinary rituals still maintained on St Gobnait’s feast day, 11th February, involves a much worn thirteenth century oak statue, a depiction of the saint herself. It is only made available for veneration for two days a year, the feast day and Whitsunday, when it is placed in the church in Baile Bhúirne, […]

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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 […]

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