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St Mologa

A Few Waifs & Strays

3rd December 2019 7 Comments

A few waifs and strays remain from the many trips to Kerry this year. Here’s a quick round up of those in Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula. Baile an Bhoithín, Ballywiheen ecclesiastical site We pulled in to examine an intriguing site that lay right on the side of the road having spotted mounds and crosses from […]

Filed Under: Dingle Peninsula Tagged With: An Riasc Archaeological Inventory Ballyferriter Ballywiheen bullaun Caherquin Caoimhín ÓDanachair cilleen clochán Colaiste Íde Croaghmarhin cross slab Dingle early ecclesiastical settlement eel fulacht fiadh J Curran Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries Mass Rock National Monument Ogham penitential station RAS McAlister rath ringfort rock art rounds Schools' Folklore Project Smerwick St John St Mologa Teampall Bán TF O Sullivan TG4 trout Twitter white eel white trout red spots Wine Strand

In search of Blessed Fish

21st October 2017 Leave a Comment

Confined to barracks due to hurricanes and tidal surges, my thoughts turned to blessed fish. During the year and a half I have been exploring holy wells in County Cork, I have been fascinated by how many are said to contain a blessed fish – roughly one tenth. The fish are usually described as eels […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary Colonel Grove White eel Fenian Cycle Finegas Fionn Mac Cumhaill ichthys Jesus Christ King of Sunday Malahide River Boyne Salmon of Knowledge Schools' Folklore Project St Fanahan St Mologa St Peter and St Paul St Sylvester trout Well of Wisdom

In search of St Mologa

20th February 2017 7 Comments

Today we were in search of St Mologa, two wells on the agenda both within a few miles of each other: one in Templemologa (church of Mologa) and the other at Labbamologa (bed of Mologa) – the area between the two seemingly being the Tearmon or sacred space, where Mologa offered protection and sanctuary. The […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Aghacross ash tree ballaun stone bees Childbirth cist Colonel Grove White cursing stones; Headaches leaba Rheumatism River Funcheon rounds sanctuary Schools' Folklore Project St Modomnoc St Mologa Tearmon trout volute Women's health

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