3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
St. Patrick’s Holy Well fills a lake with a little cross on an island in the center. There is a church to the side of the well that is St. Patrick’s Church. (Lonergan)
4 Cure
The well obtains healing properties, specifically for skin diseases and stomach illnesses. You can obtain these healing properties by putting your feet into the water (Lonergan).
5 Pattern day
The pattern day is celebrated with a mass on the last Thursday of June (Lonergan).
7 Prayer rounds and stations
There are stone crosses placed around the perimeter wall of the well, and these crosses are placed for the Stations of the Cross (Lonergan).
8 Stories
St. Patrick visited the well in the 5th century (Lonergan). People have been visiting this well for 6,000 years (Lonergan).
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
Beside the Milford-Letterkenny road over Moyle Hill there is a holy well. This well is situated in a farm belonging to the late Colonel Swiney on the left hand side of the road about three miles from Milford. The well is beside the river bed and in rainy weather the river water flows over it. Nine stone mounds are in the field to the left of the stream. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 018)
4 Cure
When the nine stations are over the person returns to the well and drinks the water and washes sores and painful parts with it. Then they bring some water home in bottles for use during the year. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 018)
5 Pattern day
People come from far and near to make the stations on the last Sunday in April, the first Sunday in May, and the first Sunday in August. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 018)
7 Prayer rounds and stations
A person making the stations washes their feet and then makes the stations on bare feet. They begin by saying the Creed and the Act of Contrition. Then they go around the first mound saying at the same time one our Father and three Hail Marys. At the end of this station they throws a stone or pebble up on top of the mound. They then go along then and do the very same thing at each of the other stations. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 018)
8 Stories
Very little is known of this well. There is no church near the place and there is no saint mentioned in connection with it. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 018)