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St Gobnait's Shrine

Ballyvourney, County Cork

The shrine of a saint who drove off raiders with a swarm of bees.

St Gobnait is the patron saint of beekeepers. Legend says she drove off cattle raiders by setting a swarm of bees on them.

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When
500s
Where
51.9400, -9.1500
Group
Holy wells & springs

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Signposted in Ballyvourney, in the Irish-speaking area of west Cork.

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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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