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Three Gentlemen, a Yeti & a Medicinal Draught

4th November 2018 6 Comments

One of the really nice things about well hunting has been the meeting of so many different people, often in unexpected circumstances, They have unfailingly been kind, interested and helpful. My favourite phrases have to be : I’ll take you – or Hang on, I’ll just get my wellies. Which brings me to three gentleman recently encountered […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ballinadee bullaun Conan Kennedy Eyes Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Ley Lines & Holy Wells in Ballinspittle Mass Rock quartz Roaringwater Bay Roaringwater Journal Schools' Folklore Project standing stones Warts

Causing havoc in Carrignavar!

2nd October 2018 9 Comments

Back in County Cork and I’m now on the trail of 15 obscure holy wells located on each side of the M8 heading towards Fermoy. I’m to the west of the motorway today and my first stop is near Watergrasshill. St Stephen’s Well Described by the Archaeological Inventory as a hollow in the ground with […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballybrack Blessed Virgin Mary Carrignavar Crucifixion Fermoy grotto King of Sunday Lameness M8 quartz St Michael St Stephen Watergrasshill

An unexpected pleasure:Tobar Eoin Basti

17th September 2018 7 Comments

I’m just back from a couple of days in Fermoy, meandering up and down the sides of the M8 in pursuit of the last crop of holy wells in this area – more of those shortly. This well, the final one of the trip, was an unplanned visit. Glancing at the map, I saw an […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Athnaleentha Colonel Grove White Fermoy Garynagerragh Mass house offerings quartz St John the Baptist

Well Shifting around Donoughmore

30th July 2017 8 Comments

Still travelling to Doneraile, three wells around Donoughmore lured us off the N20. All three were dedicated to  St Lachteen, he of the beautiful arm reliquary and multiple wells around Kilnamartrya. He is also considered to be patron saint of Donoughmore and many churches and schools are still named after him, as are the three […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory beech tree Doneraile Eyes Grenagh Hartnett JCHAS Kilnamartyra pilgrimage quartz reliquary Rheumatism rounds Schools' Folklore Project Seán Ó Coindealbháin St Lachteen white salmon

Island Wells 4: Oileán Baoi; Dursey Island

11th July 2017 Leave a Comment

A couple of weeks ago I travelled to Dursey with a friend, her friend, a husband and a dog, two wells on the agenda. Although we had a wonderful day, the well hunt was not entirely successful as the field in which the first well was supposedly located contained a lot of very large cattle, […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Beara Bronze Age Bruno O Donoghue cable car cupmarks Penelope Durell quartz Rosary rounds Scariff Islands

St John’s Wells, Castletownbere

6th June 2017 8 Comments

I knew this would be a bit of a challenge and had put off exploring until I had plenty of time – and energy. Just by looking at the OS map I could see these two wells, dedicated to St John, were situated right on top of a pretty steep mountain – the Maulin. From […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Allihies Beara Way Castletownbere Dzochen Beara Eyes Maulin Midsummer pilgrimage quartz rounds Schools' Folklore Project St John St John the Baptist St John's Eve

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