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WG Wood Martin

Holy Fish, Faction Fighting & some Meandering

27th April 2021 16 Comments

Who knew an innocent paragraph could lead down so many different paths and involve so much detective work and strange stories! Browsing through Sacred Waters, I came across an intriguing reference to a holy lake in County Cork that I had not yet come across: … the sacred lake of Loughadrine (Cork) which cured all […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: blackthorn blessed fish Charles Smith Doireann Ní Ghríofa faction fighting Father John Power fish Herbert Thomas Knox Kilmacabea Leap Mass Rock O Donovan Rossa pilgrimage rag tree Rosscarbery rounds Schools' Folklore Project Thomas Walford trout WG Wood Martin William Carleton

Tobar Manacháin agus an Madra

21st July 2019 11 Comments

I’m back in the Gaeltacht having finished an intense but rewarding week on an Irish language immersion course in Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Corca Dhuibhne;  Ballyferriter, Dingle Peninsula. (There’ll be a lot of Irish in this blog, hopefully mainly spelled correctly, but it seems only right to give names in Irish first). The course was very […]

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Some wells are invisible: exploring around Enniskean

27th March 2017 7 Comments

Some wells prove difficult! I had five wells on the agenda today, all remote and my expectations of finding anything were low. This proved entirely justified. But I did get to explore some beautiful areas in the crisp Spring sunshine. St Srufan’s Well, Drimoleague First stop, St Strufan’s Well, long vanished according to the Archaeological […]

Filed Under: West Cork Tagged With: Ballinacarriga Castle Ballingeary Historical Society; Bruno O Donoghue bullaun Cineal Laoghaire cloicteach Coolmountain Coppeen Desertserges Drimoleague Inchigeelagh John Windele Kinneigh National Library of Ireland railway station round tower St Colman St Mocholmóg St Patrick Warts West Cork Eagle WG Wood Martin William Frazer

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