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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

Still in pursuit of St Gobnait

16th January 2022 8 Comments

This post may only be of interest to serious St Gobnait devotees! Whilst limited by lockdown I researched, virtually and whenever possible in the field, the peregrination of St Gobnait as she went in search of the site of her resurrection – identifiable by nine white deer. From setting out on the Aran Islands where […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: ash tree Deborah deer Eyes faction fighting Kilmallock pattern day peregrination pilgrimage Schools' Folklore Project St Gobnait white deer

Trout & Tussocks: the Strangeness of Holy Lakes

11th October 2021 9 Comments

I don’t know what the situation is in other counties but Cork and Kerry seem to have a fondness for holy lakes. In County Cork for example, the entire Lake at Gougane Barra was once considered sacred for it was here that St Finbarr wrestled with the resident water serpent, Tú, and of course won. […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Beara Peninsula blessed fish Derrylough eels fish Gougane Barra holy lake Lough Adereen Lough Mackeenlaw miraculous tussocks Parknasilla pattern day pilgrimage rag tree rounds St Anne St Kilian Wurzburg

A Peregrination part 1: the wanderings of St Gobnait

20th February 2021 14 Comments

With time to think, research and mentally meander, St Gobnait has been in my thoughts. I thought it might be interesting to look in detail at her remarkable journey when she too (physically) meandered around Munster, as she searched for the site of her resurrection. It’s a long and complicated wandering and will be covered […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: angel Aran Islands Beaufort Blasket Islands bullaun Caoimhín ÓDanachair County Kerry County Limerick County Waterford deer Dingle Dingle Peninsula Dunquin Harry Clarke Inis Oirr Joy McAllen Munster naomhóg pattern day peregrinatio pilgrimage Schools' Folklore Project Sean Keating St Abigail St Deborah St Gobnait Ventry

Cork City Wells Revisited

30th January 2021 11 Comments

Cork city originally had six wells in its vicinity: Lady’s Well, Leitrim Street; St Francis Well, Franciscan Well Pub; Sunday’s Well, Sunday’s Well Road; Toibar Bhrionach, Wise’s Hill; St Finbarr’s Well, Kilbarry and St Bartholomew’s Well, Doughcloyne. The first four were investigated on an atrocious day way back in February 2016 and are due for […]

Filed Under: Cork City Tagged With: All is Well BVM Charles Smith CHAS Cork Public Museum Doughcloyne Franciscan Well Pub John Windele Michael Linehan Murphy's Brewery pattern day pilgrimage Seán Ó Coindealbháin St Bartholomew St Finbarre St Francis Sunday's Well Thomas Crofton Croker Tiobar Bhrianach Togher Historical Association Women of the Water

The Good, the Mad and the Strange: a round up of 2019

18th December 2019 4 Comments

A quick round up of some of the more intriguing wells visited in 2019. It’s been a busy year for I officially completed my research on the holy wells in County Cork: 310 wells visited and recorded, and then ventured forth into County Kerry. A long visit to New Zealand followed by a horrible bout […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Iveragh Peninsula North Cork North Kerry Tagged With: bile blessed fish Blessed Virgin Mary Buile Suibhne bullaun bulley butter stone Cnoc na dTobar Eyes Lunasa Mount Brandon pattern day pilgrimage Rheumatism rounds St Buonia St Crohane St Erc St Feaghna St Fursey St Macadaw St Manchán St Michael Stations of Cross trout Warts

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