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Twelve Apostles

St Bartholomew’s Well, Tobar Partalam, near Bantry

10th April 2016 Leave a Comment

This little well proved very elusive. I had tried on two previous occasions to locate it and had driven down small lanes, asked two women on horseback and generally found nothing. Armed with the GPS and a navigator, things proved a little easier the third time. We pulled into the corner and looked hopefully into […]

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St Brendan’s Well, Tobar Breanain, Castlepoint

26th March 2016 5 Comments

This little well proved very elusive the first time we looked for it but the exploration was interesting. We asked directions from a man who was tie dyeing table cloths for his 70th birthday. He was a little uncertain but pointed us in the right direction. We searched hither and thither but found nothing that […]

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