1 35 3 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 Kildare 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 Lady's Well, Blessed Virgin Mary 2 Townland, County, GPS Co. Kildare, Cowanstown 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings Lies in a graveyard, 2m E of the E gable of the church, A deep (D 1.95m), circular (dia 2m), stone-lined well of coursed, well-dressed stones has steps leading down to the water and is enclosed by a modern wall (h1.5m) with a piered gate and plaque commemorating its restoration which began in 1989. The well is accessible to the public who can enter the churchyard by ascending a number of stone steps. A sign for Ladychapel cemetery on the main road indicates the site. 4 Cure The cure ascribed to this well is for ears 5 Pattern day 15 August, Assumption of Our Lady 9 Publications Holy Wells of County Kildare: A pilgrimage to the sacred sites of County Kildare 2023. Herity, M. (ed.), Ordnance Survey Letters: Kildare (Dublin: 2002); Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancelleriae Hiberniae asservatarum, repertorium 1 (Dublin: 1826); Pegley, S. ‘Survey of the holy wells and thermal springs of counties Kildare and Meath’ (Unpublished report for Kildare and Meath County Councils: 2008-9). 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 Lady's Well Assumption Day ears Kildare Lady Mary 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 Waterford 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 Holy Cross Well, Kilwatermoy 2 Townland, County, GPS Kilwatermoy, Co. Waterford 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well is 100 meters east of the old parish church ruins in the townland. No other information was found. 4 Cure It is said that one must wash their eyes and ears in the well, which may be indicative of its curative powers to eyesight and hearing. 5 Pattern day It is observed on the feast day which is 14 September. A mass is celebrated in the church afterwards and as of the 1950s, the pattern day was still observed. 6 Offerings No information about offerings is available at this time. 7 Prayer rounds and stations Rounds are made on the feast day, and as of the 1950s they were still being made. Pilgrims kneel at each corner and say a Hail Mary, Our Father, and "Glory as one round," for a total of five rounds made (SFC 0637:346). 8 Stories According to the Schools Folklore Collection, “long ago feasts used to be held on this day at which vendors selling sweets and all classes of confectionery used to attend” (SFC 0637:346). People also believed that there was a genus loci fish in this well, and if removed, the water a pilgrim had taken back to boil will not boil until the fish is returned back to its resting place. 9 Publications Broderick, Eugene. 2016. Patterns and Patrons: The Holy Wells of Waterford. Schools Folklore Collection. 0637:345-346. 10 More No other information is present at this time. 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/. 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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