1 35 2 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 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 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. Catherine's well Co. Dublin Drumcondra sore eyes St. Catherine toothache whooping cough 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 Donegal 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 The well is located on the Western edge of the village of Killybegs. Killybegs in Irish means means 'small cells', referring to the small cells that monks once built who lived in the area. 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well was dedicated to St. Catherine by three monks who were caught in a bad storm and washed ashore. The monks prayed and prayed for their safety and promised the Gods they would build a shrine for the well if they landed safe. They landed at Killybegs which concluded to the fact of St. Catherine being the Patron Saint of Killybegs. The well is a large spring with a stone surrounding it. 4 Cure The well is known to cure people through its special air for anyone who visits, sits in solitude, and prays. 5 Pattern day The well's feast day is the 25th of November, where people from all of Donegal would go to pray for themselves, other sick people, etc. 7 Prayer rounds and stations November 25th every year is dedicated to St. Catherine's Day, and pilgrims from even great distances come to 'make the station'. 9 Publications http://www.welovedonegal.com/holy-wells.html 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. Catherine's well Donegal Killybegs November 25 St Catherine St Catherine's Well St. Catherine