Beckery

A place near Glastonbury with Irish associations. Indeed, its name is said to come from Old Irish Bec-Eri (Modern Irish Beag-Eire) meaning 'Little Ireland'.

St. Brigid was supposed to have visited it, leaving various objects behind. There was an oratory dedicated to St Brigid, but it was said, at least from the twelfth century, that it had originally been dedicated to St Mary Magdalen.

On one occassion, Arthur dreamed three nights running that an angel commanded him to go to the hermitage of St Mary Magdalen in Beckery.