1 35 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25126/archive/files/e9730614502ed2a7914dbeb3bbe8a552.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=N4ZFtRkQ1wFzzxEcW3aFJ2ngAvIhNYBUrzxmR02ei0NirJdwYboNSIshnHK0JVL-3Latb5pEfoA81F8JQZ7XHfQ2ayEtIZY30pckFiJR22BTtd7f2vwv7h0DsN5%7EkA0RynLAFozFkKpmeOj47fdMguYqzqQgzW--Pi6bA6x3YMGYacWjPAI5SDsuUS50ReqUW0sPbEeXZ9CL0QQu44u%7EdhwTCld2KL1mrdXCMItgwfY%7EJrWcY88hDoTG5ASzM3Wpp3WHWF%7EPi18OGvyG-704H8gQ8eVVZ9c4YujlV5XPsMbgATvleAtx4VDKStl57A%7EcK97JsEBzqBLtCA7zJRi7Aw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8579ea74f85d71d72c434d14b442e2d4 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 Galway 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 Augustine’s Well (also called Tobar Agaistín). 2 Townland, County, GPS Lough Atalia (also called Loch an tSáile) on the eastern edge of County Galway. 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings St. Augustine’s well was restored in 2000 by the Galway Civic Trust. It sits on the edge of the lake and is hexagonal in shape with a low wall around the edges. Additionally, the well becomes inundated by tides twice a day. 4 Cure The well is famous among pilgrims for many cures, particularly regarding ailments of the eyes and ears. 5 Pattern day The main days for devotion at the well are the last Sunday in July or the first Sunday in August. Máire MacNeill suggests the possibility that the well may have been associated with the Lughnasa festival. 6 Offerings There are often small offerings of coins found in the bottom of the well (see Louise Nugent blog post). 9 Publications MacNeill, M. 2007. The festival of Lughnasa: a study of the survival of the Celtic festival of the beginning of harvest. Dublin: Folklore of Ireland Council. Nugent, Louise. “Miracles and Violence: St Augustine’s well in the 17th century,” Pilgrimage in Medieval Ireland (blog), May 26, 2012. https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2012/05/26/miracles-and-violence-st-augustines-well-in-the-17th-century/ O'DOWD, PEADAR. "HOLY WELLS OF GALWAY CITY." Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 60 (2008): 136-53. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20720184. All photos by Louise Nugent 10 More “Originally this well was one of a group of three, but the northern and southern wells no longer survive. The Galway Archaeological Inventory states all three wells were dedicated originally to St Augustine but Máire MacNeill refers to the northern and southern wells as being dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and John the Baptist” (Louise Nugent blog post). 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. Augustine's well Coins ears eyes Galway Lough Atalia Lughnasa St Augustine St Augustine’s Well Tobar Agaistín