The Beekeepers' Saint - Gobnait of Beekeepers St. Gobnait (Irish for Deborah or Abigail), the patroness of Beekeepers and healers, is celebrated in …
County Cork
Top Books to Read on Southwestern Ireland
Here is a list books I found helpful in giving a good overall background of the southwestern region or understanding the sites we'll be traveling to on the …
St. Gobnait’s Holy Well – Ballyvourney
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 re …
Timoleague – Mystical Ruin on the Sea
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 …
Drombeg Stone Circle – County Cork
The area in southwest Ireland - West Cork and much of Kerry - has over 100 prehistoric stone circles. What was the purpose of these circles and how were they u …
Skibbereen Famine Cemetery – a thin place
Skibbereen was a hub of commerce in southern Ireland during the nineteenth century, with the River Ilen flowing through the town ending at the Baltimore Harbour …