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St Brigid

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

St Barrahane & St Brigid: an explore around Castlehaven

18th April 2016 6 Comments

Two small, well camouflaged wells today, both with minute roads leading to them which required nerves of steel but well worth it! St Barrahane’s Well, Tobar Bearcháin, Castlehaven What a beautiful spot this is – a small, narrow, bumpy road takes you down to the unexpectedly expansive harbour of Castlehaven, the blue of the water […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Battle of Kinsale Bealtine Castlehaven Castletownshend Daniel Donovan eel Eyes fish Glanbarrahane Gormú Harry Clarke O Driscolls offerings pilgrimage Rabbit Island rag tree Red Hugh O Donnell Rheumatism rounds Sketches in Carbery Somerville & Ross Squince Harbour St Barrahane St Brigid Stomach ailments Union Hall

St Brigid’s Well, Castlemagner

16th March 2016 12 Comments

This has to be one of my favourite wells visited so far. We had had an energetic day searching out holy wells in North Cork and this was the last on the agenda. It is not easy to find and seems to be on the fold of several different OS maps but eventually, after much […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballyvourney blessed fish carvings Castlemagner castle Castlemagner; Ceatra River Colonel Grove White Coolavaleen Druidism faction fighting General Glamorgan Imbolc Infertility Kanturk Knocknanuss Knocknauss Magners Mass house Owen Egan pattern day rounds sile na gig St Brigid St Michael Subulter trout Wales

St Brigid’s Well, Tobar Brighde, Lough Hyne

1st February 2016 13 Comments

St Bridget’s Day seems an auspicious date to start a blog about holy wells! And where better to start than Tobar Breedy in West Cork.

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: bullaun Cattle Coins Imbolc Kildare Lough Hyne Skibbereen St Brigid Templebreedy Terri Kearney

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