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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Meath
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 Brigid’s Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Kilbride, Meath
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
“John O’Donovan recorded St Bridget’s Well in Kilbride townland in Nobber parish” (French 2012: 35).
5 Pattern day
“In the early nineteenth century a pattern was held on the first Sunday in August but this has been discontinued in the 1830s due to interference by the magistrate” (French 2012: 35).
8 Stories
French records that “in a small field in the south east of the townland human bones had been dug up in 1835. There was a tradition that there was a church and graveyard on the site but no one remembered having seen any remains of them. The church may have been near the remains of Kilbride ringfort” (French 2012: 35).
“O’Donovan recalled that it was customary on that day to swim horses in a part of the nearby River Dee called Log-na-gCapall, the hollow of the horses. The well does not appear on any of the OS maps” (French 2012: 35).
9 Publications
French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. Trim: Meath Heritage Centre.
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Brigid's Well
Lúghnasadh
Meath
St. Brigid
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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
This well is known locally as “St Cuddy’s Well,” but Gary Branigan records it as “St. Mochuda’s Well” (Tobar Mhochuda).
2 Townland, County, GPS
St. Mochuda’s Well is located in the townland called Burrow, in County Dublin.
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well appears to be in a field within view of a lake and a roadway. According to a field visit by Branigan, the well “is located at the end of Marsh Lane, just after a sharp left turn in the road in an area known locally as Chapel Bank.” Furthermore the well is “visible only as a large depression in the bank at the middle of the road, and is filled with stagnant, murky water, drained by a large flexible pipe. The original well, now submerged, is a small spring roughly lined with boulders,” (Branigan, 2012:20).
4 Cure
St. Mochuda’s Well is said to cure whooping cough.
5 Pattern day
On 1 August, a “large pattern took place.” This date is the same as the pre-Christian festival, Lúghnasadh (Branigan 20). The date is one of the more popular times for pattern days.
8 Stories
Locals say that the well possesses “a supernatural white eel.” Additionally, Branigan notes that the name likely came from a “chapel” that existed in the same location in the past (Branigan, 2012:20).
9 Publications
Branigan, Gary. 2012. Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin. Dublin: History Press.
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Mochuda's Well
August 1
eel
Lúghnasadh
St. Cuddy
St. Mochuda
whooping cough