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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
Wethers Well dedicated to St Brendan
2 Townland, County, GPS
Tubrid townland in Ardfent Parish, County Kerry
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
This well lies in an area of pasture land. There is a chapel on site and the spring/holy well is located on the left side of the chapel as you approach it. The well itself is enclosed by an oval shaped fence. There is a stone altar that holds three figures, although the figures do not have clear faces as pilgrims have scratched crosses onto them over the years. The well itself is fed from groundwater and a pipe has been installed so the water can run through it for the pilgrims to complete their rounds.
(Talbot-Crosbie, 1911)
4 Cure
Various cures have been reported although none have been confirmed.
5 Pattern day
St Brendans day is May 16
6 Offerings
The altar is constantly covered with votive offerings such as: images, beads, containers to hold rain water, pencils, buttons, and pins.
7 Prayer rounds and stations
The well is circled clockwise by pilgrims as they say the rosary, and water is sipped from the well.
8 Stories
Local stories say that St Brendan was said to have been baptized in the well.
9 Publications
Talbot-Crosbie, Bligh. “Tobar na Molt.” Kerry Archeological Magazine, October 2011.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Wethers Well
Ardfent
Kerry
May 16
St Brendan
Tubrid
Wethers Well
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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
Cuddy’s Well or Cloc Mo Cuda dedicated to St. Mochuda
2 Townland, County, GPS
Townland: Knockreer, Killarney in County Kerry
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
In a field by a tree with a white cross painted on it. The well is surrounded by stones.
5 Pattern day
May 16
7 Prayer rounds and stations
This is a Triduum site (three consecutive days of visitation begin on Maundy Thursday). The way to the Cloc was originally a public right of way. It was closed and enclosed in Kenmare Demesne by a Grand Jury Order. Amanda Clarke gave the steps of the pilgrimage as follows:
The pilgrim arrived at dawn. She brought with her:
(a) a quantity of plain water in a vessel.
(b) Three rags. They were left behind and hung on a Palm tree overhanging the stone.
(c) Some fragments of Bread. If the Robin appeared rags were given him. Some think that a priest (was) known as the “Robin” and that the “rags” were in reality the altar linen. Tradition says if the robin appears your request will be granted.
(D) The pilgrim returned to Killarney heard Mass and communicated.
(E) The prayers prescribed were the Rosary but if the pilgirm had to hurry away 5 Paters, Aves and Gloria’s sufficed.
(F) The water used by the Pilgrim from the stone for blessings was to be replaced from the stone brought. The vessel was not to be brought back.
(G) The Credo was to be recited on the flag."
(Amanda Clarke, https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/06/02/a-trip-across-the-border-2-killarney-wells/)
8 Stories
Clarke provides the following story from the Schools Folklore Collection:
Long, long ago there was a monk living in the monastery of Innisfallen. He used to go for a walk every day. One day when he was teaching in the school he told the pupils that he would be back to say the Angelus with them. He went away and was not gone far when he was attracted by the singing of a robin. The music was so delightful that he followed the robin and when he had travelled about four miles after the bird he heard the Angelus bell ringing. He knelt down to say the Angelus and he was so tired he fell asleep. He remained there for nearly two hundred years and when he woke up the place was changed entirely. The print of his two knees remained on the stone, and that is why they called it Cloc Mo Cuda." (Amanda Clarke, https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/06/02/a-trip-across-the-border-2-killarney-wells/)
9 Publications
Amanda Clarke's Blog, https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/06/02/a-trip-across-the-border-2-killarney-wells/
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Mochuda's well
Co. Kerry
Killarney
Knockreer
May 16
St Mochuda
St. Mochuda