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A fairy Fort, a foxy woman & an enigmatic stone: Meenvane, Schull

16th March 2025 5 Comments

Sometimes things come together in unexpected ways and at unexpected moments! Visiting my hairdresser recently, the talk of course got round to holy wells! She mentioned that she had been discussing local wells with another client and the well at Meenvane had come up. I confessed that I thought I had mis-identified this one and […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: cupmarks fairy fort Meenvane Bridge Mt Gabriel offerings ringfort Schools' Folklore Project Schull souterrain. Warts

Summer meanderings

18th August 2023 7 Comments

In between all the excitement of the book finally being let loose into the world, I have had time to visit a few, mainly local, wells, which had so far escaped detection; and caught up with a few old favourites. Ballybane Holy Well In June Thomas Wiegandt Invited me to inspect his well in Ballybane […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ballydehob Bandon Bandon Male National School bulllaun BVM Caharagh cross slab eel Father Shinnick ITA Cork pattern day pilgrimage Schools' Folklore Project Schull sore eyes St Brigid Timoleague

Lockdown Roundup

9th November 2020 7 Comments

Now confined to 5km there’s not much chance of doing any serious well hunting but we did make the most of our last days of freedom and the lockdown is proving to be a good opportunity to update on various wells (and the website). Our final day out was a ramble with with friends around […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Ballyclogh Corrin Hill Drimoleague Drimoleague Heritage Loop Gouladoo grotto Parc Pods Schools' Folklore Project Schull Sheep's Head st Cranat St Finbarr St Peter

A clutch of Bullauns

23rd July 2017 7 Comments

Stouke burial ground comes as a bit of a surprise. It seems to be miles from anywhere, high up overlooking some spectacular countryside in West Cork. The name is odd too. The old name for the site is Kilaspick Oen – Church of Bishop John. Later it became cillin stuaice – little church of the […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: ballaun stone Bronze Age BVM cup marks Famine Fastnet Trails Historic graves Kerry offerings rounds Schull St Feaghna St John St John's Eve Warts Winter Solstice

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