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A trip across the border 2: Killarney wells

2nd June 2018 6 Comments

Part two of my Kerry excursion and a trip to Killarney meant various holy wells required visiting. The first was right in the centre of the town. St Mary’s Well, Killarney St Mary’s Well is in the town itself, conveniently near the central car park. It is an unexpected sight amidst the bustle of Killarney […]

Filed Under: South Kerry West Cork Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary Innisfallen Kerry Killarney Killarney cathedral Killarney National Park Lough Leane National Inventory of Architectural Heritage robin rounds Schools' Folklore Project St Finian the Leper St Mary's Church Killarney St Mochuda Throats triduum trout

A trip across the Kerry Border 1: Kenmare

19th May 2018 10 Comments

Himself is walking the Kerry Way and required a lift to Kenmare – a great opportunity to nip across to County Kerry, enjoy the sights and possibly seek out a few holy wells. The drive is a fabulous one – everything just gets bigger and more spectacular and more rugged almost the minute you are […]

Filed Under: South Kerry Tagged With: Crucifixion tableau Dromore Castle Eyes Good Friday Holy Day of Obligation Irish Tourist Association Survey 1944 Kenmare Kerry Kerry Way Kilgarvan Kilpadder Mass Rock offerings Owbeg River Peter Paul Rubens rounds Rural Social Scheme Solemnity St Peter and St Paul Toothache trout

Fursey, Friday & Sunday: well hunting around Banteer

3rd December 2017 10 Comments

Day 2 of the Banteer explorations and the the first well on today’s agenda was very close to where we were staying. St Fursey’s Well (or Forsin or Forsa or Fursa) seemed to lie just outside an old graveyard. We found the graveyard easily enough, right beside the road and very enticing it was too […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Banteer BVM Colonel Grove White deer Eyes Fermoyle frog General Good Friday King of Sunday Mass Rock offerings rounds Schools' Folklore Project shrine St Fursey St Gobnait St Gobnait's Stone statue trout

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

Meandering south of Mallow

9th September 2017 6 Comments

Four wells on the agenda today, all south of Mallow and all having interesting and detailed write ups by Colonel Grove White in his Historical and Topological Notes etc. Ania’s Well, Tobar Aine, Dromore As we approached Dromore House, (now called Nazareth House and run by the Sisters of Nazareth as a holistic centre) where the well […]

Filed Under: North Cork Tagged With: Ballyvourney Colonel Grove White Dromore eel Eyes Kilcolman Kilgobnet Kilshannig Lameness National Inventory of Architectural Heritage pattern day rounds Schools' Folklore Project Sisters of Nazareth Skarragh Wood St Gobnait trout

Well hunting off the N22

14th May 2017 Leave a Comment

A trip to the airport always offers an opportunity for a bit of exploration. This time as slight detour was taken to visit a few wells off the N22. Sunday’s Well, Tobar Riogh an Domhnaigh, Rooves Beg This little well is signed and can found right on the roadside: incidentally this quiet, scenic, road was […]

Filed Under: Cork City West Cork Tagged With: Ballynora Bealtine butter road BVM Carmichael Watson Project eel Headaches Kieran McCarthy King of Sunday Mass Rock Penal Times Rooves Beg Rosary rounds Schools' Folklore Project trout Walshestown

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