Scéal Trail – Creative Bandon wanted to highlight the wonderful Dúchas tales from the Bandon area. Scéál tells the story of our cultural heritage in a contemporary way, bringing the best of Irish Street Artists together to create murals inspired by the stories of Bandon from the National Folklore Collection. As part of Creative Bandon’s passion for place making, Zoe Tennyson and Neasa Madden O’Connor mined the National Duchas folklore database for local folk lore about Bandon. Creative Bandon worked with artists GW Joyce and Kevin O’Brien to create these vibrant, contemporary interpretations of these old folk tales, strengthening our unique connection with the town we live in.
In 2021 in celebration of Culture Night and with the support and funding of Cork County Council Arts Office they commissioned David Jackson to create a reimaging of these tales and created a storytelling trail highlighting these tales.
Join David on a walking tour of Bandon as he weaves a tale based on the original Dúchas tales used to create the contemporary street art images for Bandon’s Scéal Trail. Based on the original folklore tales gathered by Bandon children as part of the folklore collection 1937-1939, re retells the stories with a modern twist.
Each of the 7 stops/episodes on a single image and story.
Tobar Bhríghde
\" Brigid's Well \" :- On a fence which separates the land owned by Goggins from that owned by Buckleys Corra Bhrighde, Bandon. From places 30 miles distant people came here to have tooth-ache cured, and to do \"rounds\". While Mr. Sheehan was at work on the roads some years
ago a lady with a foreign accent asked him to direct
her to “Brigid’s Well”. She was born in Australia of Irish
parents and had heard of the well; on visiting
the country she had at her first opportunity set out to
find it.
The well at first was raised well above the
surrounding fields – which are boggy – but it has sunk
almost on a level with them. People no longer visit it in
numbers but it is still pointed out to those who suffer
from tooth ache.
Original story can be found at:https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921645/4887462
Map of Scéal Trail can be downloaded from:
https://www.bandonhistory.com/_files/ugd/190fcf_7257a182680140f48d7ee6cb65883012.pdf
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