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Holy Fish, Faction Fighting & some Meandering

27th April 2021 16 Comments

Who knew an innocent paragraph could lead down so many different paths and involve so much detective work and strange stories! Browsing through Sacred Waters, I came across an intriguing reference to a holy lake in County Cork that I had not yet come across: … the sacred lake of Loughadrine (Cork) which cured all […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: blackthorn blessed fish Charles Smith Doireann Ní Ghríofa faction fighting Father John Power fish Herbert Thomas Knox Kilmacabea Leap Mass Rock O Donovan Rossa pilgrimage rag tree Rosscarbery rounds Schools' Folklore Project Thomas Walford trout WG Wood Martin William Carleton

A Final Ramble around Clonakilty & Bandon, part 1

2nd April 2018 8 Comments

It was lovely to be back in the field after a pause due to bad weather and life in general. It also feels as though I am on the last stretch of this project for I have now visited almost 250 holy wells and I suspect there can only be another 50 or so left […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: 12 Apostles of Ireland ballaun Blessed Virgin Mary Bruno O Donoghue Cashelisky Dictionary of Irish Saints Eyes Kilbree Kilroan Lissavard Pádraig Ó Riain. Rosscarbery Schools' Folklore Project St Bridget St Brioneach St Finnian St Ruadháin The Cursing of Tara Warts

In the footsteps of St Fachtna

13th August 2016 6 Comments

Today, 13th August, is the Feast Day of St Fachtna. At least I think it is! It was originally the 14th of August but sometime in the 1960s, the General Roman Calendar, which seems to decided these things, offered the day to St Maximilian Kolbe instead, and St Fachtna was given the 13th. Anyway, it […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Brendan the Navigator BVM Convent of Mercy Corca Laighde English Island fish Garland Sunday General Harry Clarke hawthorn bush Jack Roberts Lios Faughnan pilgrims ringfort Rosscarbery rounds sea pebbles St Barrahane's church St Bridget St Cummin St Fachtna St Finbarr Teampuillin Fachtna trout

Tobairín na Teampaill, Little Well of the Church, Durrus

2nd February 2016 11 Comments

You need sharp eyes to spot this tiny little well. It is literally cut out of the side of a bank, the area heavily overgrown with ferns. When I first visited in 2016, I cleared away a little of the undergrowth to reveal asmall, rectangular, stone basin; the water fresh and clear Traditionally this well […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Aghinagh church Ballygarvan bullaun cross slab Durrus Father Barnane healing Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Mass Rock Maulinward offerings Ogham Penal Times pilgrimage Rosscarbery rounds Scart Schools' Folklore Project St John St John's Eve Stouke

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