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Beara Wells 2 & a trip into Kerry

22nd April 2017 9 Comments

Like a terrier with a stick, I kept on thinking about St Mochuda’s Well as yet unfound, and the mystery well at the roadside. A few weeks ago we had a second trip to the Beara Peninsula and  had time to investigate further. A gorgeous cold day, snow on the mountains, the wind whipping through […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary Eyes Gleninchiquin Healy Pass Innisfallen leprosy Massmount church offerings St Finnian Uragh Stone Circle

A bit of a Sow’s Ear

8th January 2017 6 Comments

Today we headed off towards Kinsale with our friends Robert and Finola from Roaringwater Journal fame, stained glass and holy wells on the agenda. Finola is giving a talk on stained glass shorlty and wanted to take photos of the windows in St Multose, Kinsale. The church is closed  in the winter, apart from services, […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ahane Cross Blessed Virgin Mary Cruachan Wood Edward Welby Pugin Eyes Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kinsale quartz Schools' Folklore Project St Bridget St Finnian St Multose; St Patrick stained glass Templebreedy Tracton

Two Beara wells

13th May 2016 9 Comments

A visit to Castletownbere gave the perfect opportunity for a small adventure on the way back. First I went up to Dereenataggart Stone Circle, admired the rag tree and was visited by the rather snooty but very handsome guardian of the place. Then on to check out two wells. Both turned out to be unexpectedly […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: 12 Apostles of Ireland Adrigole ballaun capaín Castletownbere Cattle Clonard Dereenataggart Eyes Headaches Healy Pass Kilcaskan Ogham quartz rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Brendan St Columba St Finnian

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