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Well dressed – in Buxton, Derbyshire

14th July 2024 10 Comments

I’m just back from a week in Buxton, England having attended the excellent Sacred Waters Conference organised by Sewanee Liberal Arts College, Tennessee and Durham University, England. It was well attended with speakers and participants from America, England, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ibiza, Scotland, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, India, Nigeria and Wales. It […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Aqua Arnemetiae Buxton BVM Derbyshire Duke of Devonshire Mary Queen of Scots Peak district pilgrims Rheumatism Sacred Waters spa St Anne thermal water welldressing

A Grand Day Out in Dunworley

16th April 2022 1 Comment

Sometimes I have not visited a well simply because it sounds as though it has long gone and there is literally nothing to see. This can be a dangerous assumption for several wells have been there when eventually visited, often covered in undergrowth but still there. I was contacted by Diarmuid a few weeks ago […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Area of Special Conservation British Museum Donaghmore Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 offerings pilgrimage Promontory fort Roaringwater Journal Samuel Lewis Schools' Folklore Project Seven Heads signal tower St Anne tower house

Trout & Tussocks: the Strangeness of Holy Lakes

11th October 2021 9 Comments

I don’t know what the situation is in other counties but Cork and Kerry seem to have a fondness for holy lakes. In County Cork for example, the entire Lake at Gougane Barra was once considered sacred for it was here that St Finbarr wrestled with the resident water serpent, Tú, and of course won. […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Beara Peninsula blessed fish Derrylough eels fish Gougane Barra holy lake Lough Adereen Lough Mackeenlaw miraculous tussocks Parknasilla pattern day pilgrimage rag tree rounds St Anne St Kilian Wurzburg

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