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Some Favourite Wells of 2018

30th December 2018 4 Comments

It’s been a good year for well hunting, worthy of a quick round up of some of my favourite sites. I reckon I have visited around 150 or so holy wells in the last twelve months, all unique and all in different states of preservation, activity and care. Although most wells are to be found […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Archaeological Inventory Avebury Ballybrack Blessed Virgin Mary Burnfort Buttevant; Cattle cross slabs cursing stones; Derryroe frog high cross Kenmare Kerry Kilpadder Millstreet Mushera Mór Rathcormack Mountain Rheumatism River Awbeg Silbury Hill St Baoithin St Bericheart St John the Baptist St Michael St Peter and St Paul St Ruadháin Tipperary trout Warts

Gadding around Glanmire

21st October 2018 5 Comments

If you remember I had collapsed in my very comfortable airbnb only to be told that the local history expert was on his way to give me a few tips. John was delightful, someone who had lived in the Glanmire area for most of his life and who was a treasure trove of local information […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: 12 Apostles of Ireland Ballylucra Brooklodge Burnfort Butlertown House Cork city Glanmire Gougane Barra Riverstown Riverstown House St Finbarr's Cathedral St Finbarre St Ruadháin

A Final Ramble around Clonakilty & Bandon, part 1

2nd April 2018 8 Comments

It was lovely to be back in the field after a pause due to bad weather and life in general. It also feels as though I am on the last stretch of this project for I have now visited almost 250 holy wells and I suspect there can only be another 50 or so left […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: 12 Apostles of Ireland ballaun Blessed Virgin Mary Bruno O Donoghue Cashelisky Dictionary of Irish Saints Eyes Kilbree Kilroan Lissavard Pádraig Ó Riain. Rosscarbery Schools' Folklore Project St Bridget St Brioneach St Finnian St Ruadháin The Cursing of Tara Warts

Well Hunting around Ballinspittle

11th November 2016 18 Comments

A crisp clear morning in Kinsale, we had four wells on the agenda on our way home. First stop Lady’s Well, just over the bridge at Ringrone.  Lady’s Well, Tobar Mhuire, Ringrone The well looked to lie quite close to the road in pasture. According to the Archaeological Inventory, it no longer had holy use […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Aeongus the Culdee Anne Bonney Ballinspittle Bullen family BVM clochán Courtaparteen Diarmuid Mac Cerbhaill Eyes famine village Féilire of Aeongus grotto ITA Cork Kilroan King of Sunday Kinsale Lorrha Mass Rock pebbles Ringrone Sir John de Courcy St Ruadháin Tara Warts

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