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Lady’s Well, Tobar Mhuire, Sheep’s Head

19th February 2016 15 Comments

This attractive little well is found next to a Mass rock and together they form a special site, still visited and venerated. The road that leads up to Lady’s Well is signed but tiny with huge views across Bantry Bay. Park where you can then go through the stile, across a very muddy field, sometimes […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Bantry Bantry House Archives Beach Blessed Virgin Mary BVM eel Feast of the Assumption Feast of the Immaculate Conception General Mass Rock offerings pattern day Penal Times rounds Schools' Folklore Project Sheep's Head Sheep's Head Way St Gobnait

Three wells dedicated to St Gobnait, Baile Mhúirne

12th February 2016 22 Comments

The 11th February is St Gobnait’s Day, the feast day of a very popular saint in West Cork, one who still attracts many pilgrims to her shrine in Baile Mhúirne, (Ballyvourney. I decided to come and pay my respects too and was impressed and moved by this extraordinary experience. The Rounds, Turas GhobntanThe site is large […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Aran Islands Baile Mhúirne ballaun stone Ballyvourney bees bulla cillin deer fish General Kilgobnait offerings pilgrimage quartz rag tree ribbons rounds Schools' Folklore Project Seamus Murphy shrine sile na gig St Gobnait stations statue white fish

Two magical wells at Lough Hyne

9th February 2016 10 Comments

Well of the Eyes, Tobairín na Súl This is a most magical site tucked away on the edge of Knockomagh Woods near the shores of Lough Hyne. The well has a tremendous aura and seems to gaze out at you from amongst the trees, beckoning you across the stepping stones over the stream, along the […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Bealtine Eyes General Knockomag Woods Lough Hyne Marian year Mass offerings rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Ina Storm Ophelia

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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