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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. John's Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Warrenstown,Drumree,Co. Meath.
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
Situated in grounds of former Salesian College,Warrenstown.(now privately owned). Beautiful location.Surrounded by trees of Dunsany Estate.
4 Cure
There is a story that an former owner of Warrenstown House lost his walking stick in River Jordan and that it came up in this well! Also some story of fish appearing in well at midnight on certain days of year. It was believed that the well had a "cure".
5 Pattern day
June 29th and is celebrated last Sunday in June.
6 Offerings
Cloth,rings,religious pictures. Usually placed on branches of nearby bushes.
7 Prayer rounds and stations
I don,t know the prayer rounds for the present time but until 1950,s there was a huge turn-out on pattern day and the rosary was recited.
8 Stories
In 19th century there was a fair held here as well as prayers. Eventually the fair was stopped because of the amount of "drink taken" and all kinds of "debauchery."
9 Publications
Riocht na Midhe, (don,t no the No.)-History of Culmullen by the late Oliver Cogan, Dunsany History and Warrenstown Remembered.
Can be found at Meath Co.Library-Dunshaughlin-Meath.
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Title
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St John's Well
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Geraldine Boyle
Cloth
cure
Drumree
June 29
Meath
Religious Pictures
Rings
St John
St John's Well
Sunday
Warrenstown