#countykildare

Lovely to have this on our doorstep (less than 2 km) The Curragh 💚 #kildare #cokildare #countykildare #newbridge #thecurragh #curragh #sunset #forest #forestphotography #dusk (at Curragh) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_A3JZ8HVd4/?igshid=viui9ekobvue

The Official Saint Brigid's Well 3. Only in Ireland would you get 2 wells competing to be the real font of Ireland's most famous female Saint and literally only a couple of hundred yards apart. This the one sanctioned through historical research by the Office of Public Works and rebuilt in the 50s. Right beside The Japanese Gardens. The other, championed by the locals of Kildare Town who laughed in the face of the Dublin bureaucrats with their slavish devotion to maps and history books. More odd votive offerings on display. #street #rural #nofilter #kildare #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #rawireland #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #igersireland #belief #faith #catholic #ritual #votive #hope #prayer #jesus #mary #mercy #atheism #miracle #saintbrigid #well #folklore #history #culture (at St. Brigid’s Well, Tully, Co. Kildare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGZMYpl2QQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i50le7xwgcck

The Official Saint Brigid's Well 2. Only in Ireland would you get 2 wells competing to be the real font of Ireland's most famous female Saint and literally only a couple of hundred yards apart. This the one sanctioned through historical research by the Office of Public Works and rebuilt in the 50s. Right beside The Japanese Gardens. The other, championed by the locals of Kildare Town who laughed in the face of the Dublin bureaucrats with their slavish devotion to maps and history books. More odd votive offerings on display. #street #rural #nofilter #kildare #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #rawireland #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #igersireland #belief #faith #catholic #ritual #votive #hope #prayer #jesus #mary #mercy #atheism #miracle #saintbrigid #well #folklore #history #culture (at St. Brigid’s Well, Tully, Co. Kildare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGZCr6FsBh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rssrnzjqh8e8

The Official Saint Brigid's Well 1. Only in Ireland would you get 2 wells competing to be the real font of Ireland's most famous female Saint and literally only a couple of hundred yards apart. This the one sanctioned through historical research by the Office of Public Works and rebuilt in the 50s. Right beside The Japanese Gardens. The other, championed by the locals of Kildare Town who laughed in the face of the Dublin bureaucrats with their slavish devotion to maps and history books. More odd votive offerings on display. #street #rural #nofilter #kildare #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #rawireland #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #igersireland #belief #faith #catholic #ritual #votive #hope #prayer #jesus #mary #mercy #atheism #miracle #saintbrigid #well #folklore #history #culture (at St. Brigid’s Well, Tully, Co. Kildare) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGY1euF1lN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c1qlnf7768k7

Relics Of A Bygone Era 3. Votive offerings at Father Moore's Well on the edge of the Curragh. Desperate people looking for hope in bleak situations. Father Moore was deemed to be a restorer of health to those medicine had failed. The well water purported to have magical healing power. A little tiny angelito and a packet of fags amongst those items left at the feet of a statue of Mary. The stories they could tell. The lovely, clear, refreshing water didn't cure me of my sceptical atheism, however 🤫 #street #rural #nofilter #kildare #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #curragh #rawireland #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #igersireland #belief #faith #catholic #ritual #votive #hope #prayer #jesus #mary #mercy #atheism #legbrace #crippled #miracle #angel #cigarettes #cured (at Father Moores Well) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAxlvzFUo_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hvcv7ew770m2

Relics Of A Bygone Era 2. Votive offerings at Father Moore's Well on the edge of the Curragh. Desperate people looking for hope in bleak situations. Father Moore was deemed to be a restorer of health to those medicine had failed. The well water purported to have magical healing power. What looks like a Polio leg brace left behind as testament to some previous cure / miracle. And also a reminder of who The Last Hope is. The lovely, clear, refreshing water didn't cure me of my sceptical atheism, however 🤫 #street #rural #nofilter #kildare #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #curragh #rawireland #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #igersireland #belief #faith #catholic #ritual #votive #hope #prayer #jesus #mary #mercy #atheism #legbrace #crippled #miracle #polio #cured (at Father Moores Well) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAxF5ilFci/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q6qjm7g9uy76

Relics Of A Bygone Era 1. Votive offerings at Father Moore's Well on the edge of the Curragh. Desperate people looking for hope in bleak situations. Father Moore was deemed to be a restorer of health to those medicine had failed. The well water purported to have magical healing power. The lovely, clear, refreshing water didn't cure me of my sceptical atheism, however 🤫 #street #rural #nofilter #kildare #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #curragh #rawireland #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #igersireland #belief #faith #catholic #ritual #votive #hope #prayer #jesus #mary #mercy #atheism (at Father Moores Well) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAweHtle3i/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1omba5yzv2hon

Pollardstown Fen 2. From a couple of weeks back. Hitherto unknown to me, despite only being a few miles from where I grew up. Lovely and tranquil. #pollardstownfen #countykildare #ireland #tourismireland #nature #naturalbeauty #tranquility #irelandpassion #irelandsancienteast #greenery #pathway #exploring #discovery #nofilter #monarch #butterfly (at Pollardstown Fen) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXS2hKF_eY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c8c7y6eron32