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St Laitiaran

St Finbarr Revisited & some thoughts on conservation

4th October 2020 8 Comments

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I am finally back in Ireland having spent six months in New Zealand, four months longer than intended due to Covid-19! The virus continues to restrict movements so I decided to revisit two holy wells close to home and see how they were faring. Last time I visited was in 2016 and both wells, both […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Blessed Virgin Mary Castleventry cilleen Colonel Grove White crosses Cullen Derryduff Dunmanway Eyes Glanworth Glen of Comeraportera HMAC Irish Examiner Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kilbarry National Monuments Service rag tree Schools' Folklore Project St Dominic St Finbarre St Laitiaran The Kerryman trout Tullylease Tús

Old Friends Revisited

8th July 2018 4 Comments

A final trip into the Gaeltacht Mhúscraí was required to find three unvisited wells. We intended to stay in the area for three days, Himself walking the Slí Muscrai Gaeltacht.  I also had a motley quartet in my sights around Newtownshandrum. But we were slightly thwarted by the weather: no, not torrential rain or floods or […]

Filed Under: Other West Cork Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Baile Mhúirne Ballingeary Ballyvourney Béál Átha an Ghaorthaidh Blessed Trinity Cattle Coolea Cullen Dromtarriff fulacht fiadh Gaeltacht Mhúscraí Gougane Barra Inghne Bhuide Millstreet Slí Muscrai Gaeltacht St Abbán St Finbarre St Gobnait St Laitiaran Tubrid well Warts

St Ita & St Finnian: more exploring around Millstreet

30th November 2017 8 Comments

North Cork is rich in holy wells and although we have made several fruitful exploratory visits already, there are still plenty of interesting sites to visit. We travelled with our friends Robert and Finola of Roaringwater Journal fame and treated ourselves to two nights in a large and spacious Airbnb just outside Banteer. St Ita’s […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: ballaun Blessed Virgin Mary Eddie Lenihan fulacht fiadh General Kilmeedy Castle piseog Roaringwater Journal Schools' Folklore Project St Finnian St Ita St Laitiaran

Three sisters, Two wells around Cullen

6th May 2016 13 Comments

The area around Cullen in North Cork reveres three saintly sisters: St Lasair, St Laitairian and St Inghne Bhuidhe – the spellings of these names vary enormously! Who they were seems complicated. Some accounts refer to them as being from the north of England for the wonderfully named St Beirechert (also spelled in a multitude […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Bealtine BVM Canon O Hanlon Cloch na gCursa clootie tree Colonel Grove White Cullen dallan Eyes Grove White handball alley Killasseragh Men's health Mushera pattern day rag tree rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Berichert St Gobnait St Inghe Bhuidhe St Laitiaran St lasair trout Tullylease

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