Category Archives: Celtic Saints

Timoleague – Mystical Ruin on the Sea

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Along the road between Kinsale and Clonakilty, near Courtmacsherry is the village of Timoleague which is dominated by the great seaside abbey ruin, a remnant of a 13th century Franciscan Friary.  The abbey is built on the site of a … Continue reading →

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Mount Brandon – Named for St. Brendan

Posted on June 26, 2010 by

St. Brendan, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, was a holy man and a navigator.  He was born and raised in the Dingle area, and  ordained a priest in 512 AD.  Brendan  was  founder of several monastic settlements in … Continue reading →

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St. Gobnait’s Holy Well – Ballyvourney

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

In the early 6th century when Gobnait fled her home in County Clare, she went to Inis Oírr. We don’t know why she fled, only that she believed she would find refuge in the Aran Islands. Legend states that an … Continue reading →

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Kildare – St. Brigid’s Holy Well (Tobar Bride)

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

Legend tells us that St Brigid was born near Kildare to a slave mother who was a Christian and very sickly. As a child, Brigid persuaded the Druid master to free her mother which in turn freed Brigid to enter … Continue reading →

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Ardmore in County Waterford – the Oldest Christian Settlement in Ireland

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

Ardmore is a fishing village in County Waterford – just over the border from County Cork. It is the legendary home of St. Declan who is said to have settled there somewhere between 350 and 420 AD, bringing Christianity to … Continue reading →

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