Adare Walks

Name: Adare Walks
Address: Glenwilliam Cottage, Ballingarry, V94PHX6, IE
Telephone: 0868980278
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Adare Walks can organise a specialised tour of Adare village in English, German, Dutch and/or Flemish.

01/09/2024

Have just bought a 3 bedroom semi detached house in Ballsbridge.
Willing to swap for two Oasis tickets or a doctor’s appointment

09/08/2024

Tobar Íosa
The Well Of Jesus
This well probably dates from pre-Christian times, the pagan custom of tying multi-coloured rags to the holly tree adjoining the well having been retained.
Up to the end of the last century the Well's Pattern Day was observed on Christmas Eve.
However Rounds of the well can be made throughout the year by anyone, regardless of creed as:
“an act of religious devotion: to pray for a particular intention: or to benefit from the reputed healing powers of the Holy water.”

Traditionally, to complete the Rounds Three pebbles are taken from the Upper Well in remembrance of devotions made.
It is said that the soldiers from Kilcommon Barracks used to come to the Well before being posted overseas.
Emigrants from Cahir also prayed here before leaving, so it is possible that there are now thousands of Tobar Íosa pebbles all over the world

It is the custom to return to the Well when a prayer has been answered and to tie a rag to the holly tree in thanks.

Behind the well itself, the upright stone with two carved crosses surmounted by a metal cross probably dates from the 7th or 8th century A.D. It rests on a slab which is said to have been used as a Mass Rock during the Penal Days of the 18th century.
The masonry covering the Well dates back only to the mid-19th century, though some of the carved stones inserted are of unknown antiquity.

Directions of making the 'Rounds' are to be found within the shrine on the Mass Rock

The traditional prayer recited here up to the start of this century is:

Go mbeannuidhe Dia Duit.
A losa Namhtha.
Táná mé go dí thú a ghearán
Mo sceil duit
A d'iarraidh cabhair i gcúnta Dé Uait
Go mbeannuidhe Di mise
losa beannuighthe Naomhtha

Or as Béarla:

I place myself in Your presence.
O Holy God and Holy Jesus I come to you
To make known my problems
Asking help through the power of God
Bless me O God.
And Holy Jesus bless me too.

22/06/2024

Please join me in writing to the minister for defence and the minister for justice

Micheál Martin
Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Defence
137 Evergreen Rd, Turners Cross, Cork
(021) 432 0088
(01) 619 4000
[email protected]

Helen McEntee
Minister for Justice
Cannon St, Kells, Co. Meath
(046) 925 2955
(01) 618 3253
[email protected]

13/04/2024

On the day of Seamus Heaney’s birthday it is perhaps very apt to share his poem the Thatcher.

THE THATCHER
by Seamus Heaney

Bespoke for weeks, he turned up some morning
Unexpectedly, his bicycle slung
With a light ladder and a bag of knives.
He eyed the old rigging, poked at the eaves.
Opened and handled sheaves of lashed wheat-straw.
Next, the bundled rods: hazel and willow
Were flicked for weight, twisted in case they'd snap.
It seemed he spent the morning warming up:
Then fixed the ladder, laid out well honed blades
And snipped at straw and sharpened ends of rods
That, bent in two, made a white-pronged staple
For pinning down his world, handful by handful.
Couchant for days on sods above the rafters
He shaved and flushed the butts, stitched all together
Into a sloped honeycomb, a stubble patch,
And left them gaping at his Midas touch

07/03/2024

Had a very interesting evening at Lismore Heritage Centre on Monday as we had a discussion with Alistair Christie, emeritus professor of applied social studies at University College Cork on the rise of the far right in Europe, and the challenges and opportunities this brings.
It is a discussion that is needed as the far right are definitely becoming bigger and more prominent in Ireland, like in the rest of Europe.

21/02/2024

Happy International Tourist Guide Day!

Have you explored your local area with a tourist guide yet?

Address

Glenwilliam Cottage
Ballingarry
V94PHX6

Telephone

0868980278

Website

https://adarewalks.wordpress.com/adare-walks/

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About us

We offer tours around Adare in Dutch, Flemish, German and English.

We offer a range of different tours that can be customised to your needs and your time constraints and adapted to your wishes.

We also offer day tours for groups wishing to visit other sites around counties Kerry, Cork and Limerick or the province of Munster.

Our rates are competitive and we are committed to giving you the best tours possible. Feel free to send us a message and we will reply as soon as we can.