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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
Well of Saint Mochua
2 Townland, County, GPS
Clashmore townland, Co. Waterford
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is at the end of Raheen Quay walk, where there is a sign posted leading to the well. It is situated at the top of a hill.
4 Cure
It is said to cure pains, and many visitors bring the well water home. There are also reports of it being an eye well, where visitors would sprinkle the water onto their eyes.
5 Pattern day
February 10
6 Offerings
No reports of offerings are noted at this time.
7 Prayer rounds and stations
Many believers go around the well three times and pray the rosary. It is a custom to do this especially on the pattern day, and to take the well water home.
8 Stories
It is said that two eels are in the well, and they are the genii loci of Saint Mochua and someone else.
According to the Schools Folklore Collection entry on the well, “Long ago it is said that this well was situated at the top of the village and that one morning a woman came out and washed some clothes in it. On the following morning she came again to do the same work, but there was no sign of the well. The people say that it was not right to wash clothes in the well as it was blessed. The well started to rise again about three fields away from its former place” (SFC 0640:43).
Apparently a local man Tom Lockamore came to the well to make rounds to cure his eye. He saw a trout in the well, and the trout splashed his eye. The eye was healed the next day (Broderick, 2016: 46).
9 Publications
Broderick, Eugene. 2016. Patterns and Patrons: The Holy Wells of Waterford. 46.
Schools Folklore Collection. 0640:43.
http://www.discoverclashmore.com/history.html
10 More
According to the Schools Folklore Collection, this is the only well in the parish.
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Title
A name given to the resource
St. Mochua's Well
eye
February 10
Mochua
pain
Weaterfor
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Title
A name given to the resource
Down
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
Moyle Hill Holy Well. No saint dedication
2 Townland, County, GPS
Milford, Donegal
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)
9 Publications
National Folklore Collection
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Title
A name given to the resource
Milford Holy Well, Donegal
cairn
feet
First May Sunday
Garland Sunday
Last April Sunday
pain
sores
stones