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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Kerry
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 John's holy well (Tobar Eoin)
2 Townland, County, GPS
Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is located down a pathway from Minard Castle. It is a well surrounded by built up stones in a horseshoe pattern with a flat rock at the base of the entrance to the well. The well also has two cross inscribed stones sitting at the front and back of the well and a rag tree nearby. (Amanda Clarke https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/10/27/st-johns-well-minard/)
4 Cure
Headaches and eyesight
5 Pattern day
August 29
6 Offerings
Rag tree near the well as well as quartz chips and coins thrown into the well (Lorraine Courtney, https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/a-pile-with-a-past-1.920475). Amanda Clarke also reports of a variety of votive offerings left all over the stone wall surrounding the well
7 Prayer rounds and stations
"There is a holy well behind at Minard. It is near the sea. There is a wall around the well. The people pay the round on the 29th of August. the people go around the well nine times. Every one that pays the round must get nine berries and at every round they will drop a berry. There is a trout in the well. Any one that will see the trout will be cured. There is a stone standing at the top of the wall and there is a cross on the stone. The people that pay the round leave offerings at that stone. The people leave a few coppers and buttons and pins and the women leave a tassel of their shawl. After you would leave the round paid you would take three sups of the holy water. On taking the water you would bless yourself." (Amanda Clarke https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/10/27/st-johns-well-minard/)
9 Publications
https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/10/27/st-johns-well-minard/
Courtney, Lorraine. "A pile with a past," The Irish Times (Dublin), December 6, 2008.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Johns well
Co. Kerry
December 29
Dingle Peninsula
Minard Castle
rag tree
St. John
Tobar Eoin
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Clare
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
The Blessed Well of Inghean Bhaoith
2 Townland, County, GPS
South Commons, Co. Clare
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is surrounded by a low dry-stone wall. The well is in the limestone karst landscape of the Burren.
4 Cure
This "well" collects rainwater and offers a cure for warts.
5 Pattern day
Her pattern day in Killinaboy is December 29th, but no one has gathered for this pattern day in ages.
6 Offerings
Offerings include candles, religious statues, and rosary beads.
9 Publications
The Holy Wells of County Clare. 2015
The Cause of Ireland by Liz Curtis. Beyond the Pale Publications. (1994).
Sacred Wells A Study in the History, Meaning, and Mythology of Holy Wells and Waters
by Gary R. Varner. Algora Publishing. (2009). The Rural Poor in Clare before the Great Famine by Anne Mc Mahon. From The Other Clare. (2010). Atlas of the Great Irish Famine. Edited by John Crowley, William J. Smyth and Mike Murphy. Cork University Press. (2012) Wiilim J. Smyth p.187. The Schools' Collection (National Folklore Collection of Ireland ; 1937/38).
10 More
This well is one of 17 dedicated to this Saint.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Inghean Bhaoith's well
candles
December 29
Inghean Bhaoith
Killinaboy
rainwater
Religious Statues
Rosary beads
South Commons
Warts