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River Funcheon

A Motley Quintet around Mitchelstown

5th March 2017 11 Comments

The last five wells from our recent expedition to North Cork are all unloved, neglected or forgotten, a motley crew indeed yet one or two exciting discoveries were made, as usual. Mitchelstown Holy Well Confusingly this little well is not in Mitchelstown itself but in a small townland of the same name a few miles […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: cilleen Colonel Grove White Crannahulla Killuragh Mitchelstown Castle Mount Melleray Abbey OS maps River Funcheon sacred tree Schools' Folklore Project St Ruadh

St Dominic’s Holy Well, Glanworth

28th February 2017 10 Comments

St Dominic’s Well, Tubbernacruinahur, Glanworth This well was visited at the very end of an intense day of exploration. The light was fading and weariness setting in but there was just time for one more well – one I really wanted to visit for I had seen an enticing photograph and hoped against hope that […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Boherash Colonel Grove White Cronee Dominican Friary Eyes Jack Sheahan Labbacallee pilgrimage pilgrims' shelter rag tree River Funcheon Roches Castle Schools' Folklore Project St Dominic The Avondhu trout Windele

In search of St Mologa

20th February 2017 7 Comments

Today we were in search of St Mologa, two wells on the agenda both within a few miles of each other: one in Templemologa (church of Mologa) and the other at Labbamologa (bed of Mologa) – the area between the two seemingly being the Tearmon or sacred space, where Mologa offered protection and sanctuary. The […]

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