Her husband Pádraig does the breakfasts, badly. Her son Cathal is in Sydney and won't come home. The guests are a running joke.
Bríd's stories, in order
STORY 1 · 29 January 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Waterford: the names, the tide and the road
STORY 2 · 31 January 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Mayo you can find
STORY 3 · 3 February 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Cork, from Gobnait’s cups to Mushera’s cattle
STORY 4 · 1 April 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Sligo: one outing and nine remarkable records
STORY 5 · 21 April 2026Ten Cavan islands on the map, four shores worth visiting
STORY 6 · 21 April 2026Top 10 beaches in County Wexford, in five coastal outings
STORY 7 · 9 May 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Dublin, from eighty tents to a buried spring
STORY 8 · 20 July 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Wexford, with five you can set out to find
STORY 9 · 14 August 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Kerry: fish, missing water and Brendan's crosses
STORY 10 · 21 August 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Kilkenny, from the famous cure to the vanished spring
STORY 11 · 30 September 2026Top 10 holy wells in County Offaly, with a road order that worksBríd's letters to the desk
Bríd Ní Fhlaithearta to Ayo, 22 January 2026
Tell your granny's notebook that the Irish for holy well is tobar beannaithe. And tell Femi I'll take him for a swim off the pier in Roundstone any day he likes. He won't like.