1 35 6 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 Clare 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 Saint Colman Mac Duagh’s Blessed Well 2 Townland, County, GPS Keelhilla, Co. Clare 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well during an earlier time was surrounded by ferns and greenness until the trees were cut down and the ecosystem changed the climate in the area surrounding the well. The well area itself is still surrounded by trees, but the larger area has been cut down. There are ruined walls from a 7th-century oratory. The Saint’s "Bed" is a limestone cave higher above and behind the well. The site has a bullaun stone covered in moss. The well has a rag tree that is visited by tourists. It is not an original part of the well site (see Houlihan, 2015). 5 Pattern day Colman’s feast day is celebrated on October 29th. 6 Offerings Tourists leave offerings on the rag tree. 9 Publications Houlihan, Michael. 2015. The Holy Wells of County Clare. Westropp: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore_survey/chapter14.htm O’Donovan, J. and Curry E. 1839. ‘The Ordnance Survey Letters of Co Clare’, http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/osl/oughtmama3_masduachs_well.htm. 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 Colman's well Clare Colman MacDuagh Keelhilla Mac Duagh’s Blessed Well October 29 rag tree votives 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 Kerry 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 John's holy well (Tobar Eoin) 2 Townland, County, GPS Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well is located down a pathway from Minard Castle. It is a well surrounded by built up stones in a horseshoe pattern with a flat rock at the base of the entrance to the well. The well also has two cross inscribed stones sitting at the front and back of the well and a rag tree nearby. (Amanda Clarke https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/10/27/st-johns-well-minard/) 4 Cure Headaches and eyesight 5 Pattern day August 29 6 Offerings Rag tree near the well as well as quartz chips and coins thrown into the well (Lorraine Courtney, https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/a-pile-with-a-past-1.920475). Amanda Clarke also reports of a variety of votive offerings left all over the stone wall surrounding the well 7 Prayer rounds and stations "There is a holy well behind at Minard. It is near the sea. There is a wall around the well. The people pay the round on the 29th of August. the people go around the well nine times. Every one that pays the round must get nine berries and at every round they will drop a berry. There is a trout in the well. Any one that will see the trout will be cured. There is a stone standing at the top of the wall and there is a cross on the stone. The people that pay the round leave offerings at that stone. The people leave a few coppers and buttons and pins and the women leave a tassel of their shawl. After you would leave the round paid you would take three sups of the holy water. On taking the water you would bless yourself." (Amanda Clarke https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/10/27/st-johns-well-minard/) 9 Publications https://holywellsofcork.com/2018/10/27/st-johns-well-minard/ Courtney, Lorraine. "A pile with a past," The Irish Times (Dublin), December 6, 2008. 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. Johns well Co. Kerry December 29 Dingle Peninsula Minard Castle rag tree St. John Tobar Eoin 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 Cork 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 Skour Well, Tobar na Sceabhrach. Dedicated to St. Ina. 2 Townland, County, GPS Garranecore, Cork County 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings According to Amanda Clarke, this well is just a short walk north from Tobarín na Súl and is tucked away on the side of the small road. The water comes out from the land at ground level and is fresh and clear. Behind the well is a u-shaped stone well house, with a small niche full of votive offering and statues. The water seeps out of the shallow basin onto the white stone-covered foreground. The well is renowned for its healing qualities. It is also said that the water will never boil. Many of the statutes are to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but the well is dedicated to St Ina who has given her name to Lough Hyne. Behind this is a rag tree which is adorned with ribbons of many colors. Tobarín na Súl suffered badly during Storm Ophelia when hundreds of trees were flattened in the woods. The well still survives but is currently covered. (January 2018) 4 Cure The well is known for its general healing qualities. 5 Pattern day May Eve (April, 30th) 6 Offerings Many different statues left here of the BVM and a rag tree is adorned with ribbons of many colors. 7 Prayer rounds and stations Originally the rounds were held on May Eve (30th April), the start of the ancient festival of Bealtine. It would have followed a set path, probably also taking in Tobarín nal Súl. The pattern day eventually stopped, but now an open-air Mass is held here every May Eve. 8 Stories Amanda Clarke’s Blog provides a story form a local: “Terri Kearney, who interviewed many residents of Lough Hyne for her book Lough Hyne; from Prehistory to the Present, remembers one man telling her how amused locals were to see a family camped near the well and on taking water from the well being flummoxed as to why it wouldn’t boil! Terri’s father was a great believer in the powers of the well and he firmly asserted that water would not boil. Her mother was of a more skeptical nature and decided to play a trick! On Terri’s Confirmation Day the family went to Lough Hyne as was traditional. Her mother took some water from the well and took it back home where she boiled the water and made tea for her father. On asking how the tea was her father replied that it was a grand cup of tea altogether. Her mother revealed what she had done and he spat it across the kitchen! Living dangerously all round!” 9 Publications Clarke, Amanda. "Gazetteer." Holy Wells of Cork. Accessed November 4th, 2018. https://holywellsofcork.com/gazeteer/. 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 Skour Well April 30 Bealtine Cork Garranecore May Eve rag tree Skour Well St Ina. Tobar na Sceabhrach 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 Dublin 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. Bridghid's Well, St. Bridghid 2 Townland, County, GPS County Dublin, Brideswell Commons; 53°18’55,82”N, 6°23’43.50”W 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings This well sits in a large enclosure that has been very well maintained through the years. The well is located on Lilliput Lane off of Boot Road in Clondalkin. The enclosure where the well is located contains a statue of Saint Bridghid and a “rag tree”. The stone structure around the well dates back to 1761 and the raining that is currently around the well was donated by workers from a paper mill in the 1940’s. 4 Cure Cures eye disorders, particularly around February 1st, three visits to the well are needed for the cure to be successful and it is particularly effective for young girls. 8 Stories During road work that took place in the 1990’s the water source connected to the well was severed and it dried up for the first time, the well was then connected to main water lines. 9 Publications Branigan, G. (2012). Ancient & holy wells of Dublin. 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 Bridghid's Well, Brideswell Commons Brideswell Commons Dublin eyes February 1 rag tree St Bridget St Bridghid St Bridgid https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25126/archive/files/14b4669e7abe38d74b8bd7e02ec016e3.JPG?Expires=1779321600&Signature=hvOCBRfejvh62bgS-shvM4DNdMe0wNivOz4wlTlD-ROrjPOzZ37u8GTRRS4GrNVg0CAK6ZmDRS0p3ARQhBFFjSQCvWzdLsb9zkDu2NAUMbYVb9rtL993gq8YW0-atqTAarTB9Ggw0qbQwzScPfTUfgpcei%7ERvJw7dfpXwFUR9KKp4d5p3uKEbDxBQN9OD82%7EO9UYdkKYJKFmdOZ6NOq8EOeRgBYmqDNmNVRMjEpZF2rpWpHR1Ceu6Zko7eKt6HZ3WzCYRynqDKWrJ1-TfWVa5sA6i6iyfGy6TZdpZ5OD2alSCsIy2Go6VOijnNGHR-eOYNpl0p3VkcI71eeJF%7ELixg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d6427221664dee9e54b68870c6716f0d 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 Meath 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 Ciaran's Well 2 Townland, County, GPS Castlekeeran, Meath 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings St. Ciaran's (also seen as St. Kieran's) Holy Well is near both Castlekeeran and Carnaross townlands (approximately three miles). The well is of bedrock and is accessible by crossing one of two bridges across a river (Thunder, 1886; French, 2012). The main well is situated beside a large ash rag tree and has two steps descending into its gorge; two others are proximal and follow along the rock streambed. The smaller well southeast of the main well, referred to as the "chair," is known to offer pilgrims relief from back pain when sat in. The other small well east of this is called the "healing well" and is distinguished by the stream passing through and dispensing two different sides of the stone. This holy well has Celtic origins but was Christianized, which is can be recognized through the Christian shrine atop the hill near closest to the main well (Dempsey, 2012). 4 Cure Water from one side of the "healing well" is meant to cure headaches and the other toothaches. The water in the narrow stream gets rid of warts. To reap headache relief pilgrims are understood to repeat "Our Fathers" and "Glory be to the fathers" three times each. No matter which well you visit, a visitor is expected to give a votive offering such as a pin or coin to demonstrate appreciation to the genius loci (French, 2012). 5 Pattern day While there is a proper St. Ciaran's Day on June 14th, the pilgrimage to the well takes place separately on the first Sunday of the harvest or Autumn (French, 2012). 6 Offerings Variety of rags left on ash tree just beside the main well. Small votives also left on Christian shrine (e.g. small figurines). 7 Prayer rounds and stations Historically people have turned up in large numbers—records indicate upwards of three to ten thousand pilgrims between 1913 and 1917—for the St. Ciaran's pattern. According to French people acknowledge the Five Stations of the Cross at five markers close to the well on the eve of the pilgrimage. Apparently pilgrims said prayers and circled each cross three times, concluding each station with a "drink" (French, 2012:39-40). 8 Stories Sir William Wilde, in 1849, described St. Ciaran's Well as the most beautiful holy well in Ireland (Thunder, 1886:656). The well is said to contain several large trout (one story describing three with the names of Faith, Hope, and Charity that surface on the eve of the pattern). Pilgrims respected these trout, however a fisherman caught them unaware of their significance, but amid frying found that they were able flee the pan and speak "Leave us back where you got us" (French, 2012:40). 9 Publications Dempsey, Jim. Megalithic Ireland. "St Ciaran's Well." http://megalithicireland.com/St%20Ciaran's%20Well,%20Castlekeeran.html?src=gpx; Thunder, John M. 1886. The Holy Wells of Meath. The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, Fourth Series, 7:68, pp. 656; French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. pp. 37-40; http://irelandssacredwater.com/holy-wells-in-ireland-map.html. 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 Ciaran's Well backache Castlekeeran headache June 14 Meath rag tree St Ciaran St Kieran toothache https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25126/archive/files/37a685479fdd329decf15b83af2970d2.png?Expires=1779321600&Signature=tixtmANQQ7eEiFaaO1tHjY8jFdT3UiBCcjZaHruXXxnXbpsng7mvZ4uUdN3I2XKRYF4AjPy7Bwy49Se3dnv%7Ef95Y7z%7Eqvre8zYTU2B3RDU6O6tDYO1MO5Xf-aGjOXh1UwQ4%7E4ixxsn28nUaNk9qGzn5yCbbatcjBBNknj3LG7E0mSSe8jWNnld6pOfbqu3Twj2pJAQvk0nuI7nY%7EEX5mOSt%7EN0BckB3nB3sQPwfmAeBVS9fnxsj9kaXPNp6rj4HK5Yh-yv0M2FBStDVnS7wxGMhFqL1uMIMW7QrWOPrdnONTMBl%7E3xVurADK6vxLwLrM8iD7SvpBTbQKz8VwA3jHrA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 909cca6ea0f97d2dbff5b3319d7b1036 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 Cuan’s well 2 Townland, County, GPS St Cuan’s Well is located in Cornamucklagh, Co. Galway. GPS: 53.245442, -8.185548 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well is in the middle of a grassy field and circled by a low wall built up by stones. In the wall there is a small opening which allows access to the well water. Inside the well are small steps which lead to the head of the spring. Around the site there is a large drainage ditch. 4 Cure The well is known for its general curative properties. 5 Pattern day St Cuan’s Day is the 15th of October and people celebrate it by doing stations for various intentions such as wanting a cure for an illness or ailment. The priest of the nearby parish recites the rosary there annually. 6 Offerings There used to be a rag tree on the edge of the well, but after it fell people no longer left offerings. 8 Stories During the penal times, people visiting the well would use the surrounding ditch as a footpath whenever it snowed in order to avoid leaving footprints across the field (see Megalithomania). 9 Publications Carty, Margaret, “Cluain Braec School’s Collection,” Vol. 0044, pg. 99-102. DUCHAS Archives, https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4583282/4576254 FourWinds, Tom, “St Cuan’s Well,” Megalithomania, Aug, pg. 29, 2004. http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1329/st_cuans_well_holy_well.htm Photo by Tim FourWinds 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 Cuan's Well Cornamucklagh Galway October 15 rag tree rags St Cuan’s Well