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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dublin
Subject
The topic of the resource
County
Description of Well
This includes well name, saint associated with well, location of well, townland, county, etc
1 Name of well and saint
St. Catherine's Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
County Dublin, Drumcondra
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The structure housing the well was built into the side of a house. Currently, the well is located along the main walkway of Griffith park, but all surface remains of the well were removed due to repeated vandalism. A brass plaque attached to a fence around the park marks the approximate location of the original well.
4 Cure
Cures sore eyes, toothache, and whooping cough; cures only worked if the water was drank from a skull
5 Pattern day
“No annual celebration or pattern days within living memory”
8 Stories
The spring that fills Saint Catherine’s well rose beneath the kitchen floor of a home in Drumcondra, the structure that housed the well at the time was built into the side of the house. After the house was demolished, local officials made efforts to preserve the well by using ornamental shrubbery, which has since then disappeared. The practice of drinking the well’s water from a skull points to pre-Christian rituals.
9 Publications
Branigan, Gary. 2012. Ancient & Holy Wells of Dublin.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Catherine's well
Co. Dublin
Drumcondra
sore eyes
St. Catherine
toothache
whooping cough
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dublin
Subject
The topic of the resource
County
Description of Well
This includes well name, saint associated with well, location of well, townland, county, etc
1 Name of well and saint
Scurvy Well, St. Begnet 53°16’18.91”N, 6°5’10.16”W
2 Townland, County, GPS
County Dublin, Dalkey Island,
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
This well is located near St. Begnet’s church on Dalkey Island. The well is a spring well that is enclosed by a white plaster structure located right about the high-tide mark on the west side of the island.
4 Cure
Cured Scruvy, deficiencies of vitamin C, and other ailments
8 Stories
Believed that St. Begnet baptized locals at this well in the seventh century. Legend has it that fishermen spotted a man on the island but when they went to look for him he disappeared and a well appeared in his place that cured the fisherman’s rheumatism.
9 Publications
Branigan, G. (2012). Ancient & holy wells of Dublin.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Begnet's well
Co. Dublin
St. Begnet
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dublin
Subject
The topic of the resource
County
Description of Well
This includes well name, saint associated with well, location of well, townland, county, etc
1 Name of well and saint
St. Margaret’s Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
County Dublin, Glengeary, 53°16’43”N, 6°7’51.26”W
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
Located in the front garden of a more recently built house on Glenageary Road. The well was previously located on land belonging to a house known as ‘Tinoran’ which translates to ‘House of the Cold Spring Well’. The well is fairly large and has a horseshoe shaped concrete wall around it. There is a large cross slab made of granite in the concrete wall.
8 Stories
Local stories state that monks from Monkstown visited the well on their way to Bulloch Harbour. Local priests made efforts to re-establish a pattern day for this well in the 1980s but the tradition only lasted a couple of years.
9 Publications
Gary Branigan's 2012 Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Margaret's well
Co. Dublin
St. Margaret
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dublin
Subject
The topic of the resource
County
Description of Well
This includes well name, saint associated with well, location of well, townland, county, etc
1 Name of well and saint
St. Winifred’s Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
County Dublin, St. Andrew’s Ward, 53°20’40.08”N, 6°15’53.49”W
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
This well is located just outside of what was previously Farrington’s pub but is now The Norseman on Eustace Street in Temple Bar. The well appears to be made of stone and is round in shape. The well was covered at some point but was rediscovered in the 1990’s when the street was being paved. When the well was discovered it was renovated..
8 Stories
According to Gary Branigan, the well is now often used as a giant ash tray for party-goers. Dedication to a Welsh Saint, St. Winfred, is unusual but is likely due to the large number of merchants living in the area at the time.
9 Publications
Branigan, G. (2012). Ancient & holy wells of Dublin.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Winifred
Co. Dublin
St. Winifred
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Dublin
Subject
The topic of the resource
County
Description of Well
This includes well name, saint associated with well, location of well, townland, county, etc
1 Name of well and saint
St. Brighid’s Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
County Dublin, Castleknock Village, 53°22’21.96”N, 6°21’46.04”W
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is located in an alcove and stands outside of the boundary wall of St. Brigid’s Church of Ireland Church; the well is green and appears to be a spicket with a pump, the well has always been covered with a pump in living memory.
4 Cure
Cured disorders of the eyes; the waters of the well are said to be effective in curing human disease, but toxic to all other animals
9 Publications
Branigan, G. (2012). Ancient & holy wells of Dublin.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
St. Brigid
Co. Dublin
St. Brigid