Dublin Core
Title
St Mughain’s well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
St Mughain’s Well/Smith’s Well, Sherkin Island
2 Townland, County, GPS
Kilmoon, Co. Cork
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
quite overgrown now
4 Cure
general
5 Pattern day
December 15
6 Offerings
rosary bead, flowers, pieces of rag
8 Stories
If a bird is heard singing when any person suffering from a disease is praying there, it is considered a very good sign of being cured. It is said the old well takes its name (Tobar na Gabha – well of the blacksmith) from an old smith who was supposed to live nearby in former times. (Clarke)
9 Publications
Clarke, Amanda. "Gazetteer." Holy Wells of Cork. Accessed November 31, 2018. https://holywellsofcork.com/gazeteer/.