1 35 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25126/archive/files/5a4ac702f4fa136bf61a232e48f084e1.JPG?Expires=1787788800&Signature=WEHmjhb5JfHl50V0Sbhm8xbOaRgaEMYbLbFSWNkZnsnaIe%7EFKM16%7EVPksoxFgBQ0sufAdoc1BR9ORFsIUSul4PbRKEasBvW4P8HQHn6-0cxhvry0grZbw5%7ELobM8gLysvaYjjdiHtNnK8%7E5kYnhYY1sZQ9nJE6UCwjiejxgVmENNuGBQ-GJcsoxxT8CO5toxuoampHSoASIccTPIXUmVIntkzPSurZBmIRMhOJVBW4SdnIT5cZ6oT7HfwjYSLjSBMGe77%7ESfAp0kDBP6KVFL2mVnzSB-HWZbn%7EGGZBp-%7EEfu8SS6cFoyPG2wOkg2kJ1tXuFVIWfeu3UchnXLhHmJ4A__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9b46948f6a46c0f2bfc59721d09de0d9 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 Colmcille 2 Townland, County, GPS Disert, Co. Donegal 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings On a slope of Carnaween in the Bluestack Mountains, the well is near an ecclesiastical enclosure and a graveyard which was used as a cillín (for buying unbaptised infants) into the 1930s. The beautiful situation of the well makes it easy to understand why it was chosen by those wishing to seek a religious life apart from the world (a dísert, named for the desert abodes sought by early Christian hermits). The site also has an altar called a Mass Rock. 4 Cure The well water is thought to have had many cures, but more notably, the soil of the vicinity was thought to rid rodents and other pests from one's home and fields if sprinkled there. 5 Pattern day St Colmcille's day, the ninth of June, was the main visitation day on which pilgrims also climbed Carnaween (also associated with the saint). By the later twentieth century, visitation shifted to the first Sunday in June. 10 More This site is actively being researched by Dr. Fiona Beglane of the Sligo Institute of Technology. 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 Disert, Co. Donegal Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C Ray Carnaween cillín Colmcille disert Donegal June 9 mass rock pests rodents soil St Colmcille