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Shangarry

Brigid 1500: the Keeper of the Flame

29th January 2024 10 Comments

This year, 2024, marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid, one of the three patron saints of Ireland, along with St Patrick and St Colmcille. Brigid is believed to have to have been born around 450AD in Faughart, County Louth but she is mainly associated with Kildare where she founded a religious […]

Filed Under: East Cork Limerick North Cork North Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Biddy Tree Britway bullaun Castlemagner; Cattle Clonakilty Doireann Ní Ghríofa fish Glastonbury gold trout Gormu Imbolc Infertility Knoppoge Lough Hyne Mental health Mountbridget National Folklore Photographic Collection National Library of Ireland Pallaskenry pattern day pilgrimage rag tree relic Rheumatism ringfort Shangarry sile na gig Solas Bhríde sore eyes Squince Harbour St Brigid Stonehall Youghal

Three ladies encountered enroute to Adare

7th December 2022 10 Comments

Day one of a well hunting trip to County Limerick in the excellent company of Robert and Finola of Roaringwater Journal. The weather had been atrocious and I was nervous as to how we’d cope as were going to be in the field with nowhere to run. The journey up to Adare, where we were […]

Filed Under: Limerick Tagged With: Adare artesian spring BVM Eyes Folklore Collection Main Manuscript Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Killeedy National Folklore Photographic Collection pattern day pilgrimage Rathcahill ringfort Roaringwater Journal rounds Schools' Folklore Project Shangarry shrine smallpox St Bridget St Ita Toothache tournafulla trout

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