Tobar Mhichíl • St Michael's Well Though remote, the famous island monastery of Skellig Michael had connections on the mainland, particularly around the Ballinskelligs area. This is apparent in the very placename – ‘Baile an Scelig’, meaning ‘place of the Skellig’. While many visitors may be familiar with the medieval [...] The post Tobar Mhichíl St Michaels Well appeared first on Tuatha.| Tuatha
On a recent visit to Tyressspass I stumbled across a roadside holy well dedicated at the edge of the village on the side of the L1024 Killavally road. The holy well, like the parish church, is dedi…| Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland
This short blog is about St Patrick’s holy well, at Ardrass Upper, in Co. Kildare, a lovely well that I stumbled across one rainy Sunday on my way to Dublin. This roadside holy well, is easy …| Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland
Doon holy well is one of the most popular wells in Co Donegal. The well …..was established by a Lector O’Friel who is reputed to have lived in the Fahans area and had remarkable curative powe…| Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland
St Sourney (Sairnait in Irish), is the patron saint of the holy well and medieval church at Drumacoo, Co Galway (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 34). Sourney was a holy woman who lived in Ireland during th…| Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland
The Tybroughney pillar, an early medieval pillar stone in the townland of Tybroughney/Tibberaghny, Co Kilkenny is one of the most interesting early medieval carvings in Ireland. The townland of Tyb…| Pilgrimage In Medieval Ireland
