1 35 2 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 Our Lady’s Well 2 Townland, County, GPS Slane, Meath 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well is located “in the Castle Demesne among the banks of the river Boyne. In the 1830s the Ordance Survey letters notes Lady Well, Tobar Muire, about a quarter of a mile north of the Hermitage of Erc” (French 2012: 48). 4 Cure Cures sore throat, toothache, and sore eyes. 7 Prayer rounds and stations “Pilgrims usually accessed the grounds by the Gothic Gates. In the 1930s crowds visited the well and the Rosary was said at 3 o’clock by one of the priests of the parish” (French 2012: 49). 8 Stories “There were many stories recorded by school children in the 1930s in relation to the Lady Well. The water in the well is said to rise up at midnight on the night before the 15 August. The children wrote that previous landowners tried to close the well and prevent pilgrims coming to worship. The well sprang up nearby and when it was closed again it moved for the second time. Another story is that the gates of demesne were closed to prevent entry by pilgrims but the water in the well rose up and flooded the grounds of the castle. Orders were given to open the gates and immediately the water receded. From that time onwards the gates of the demesne were always open on 15 August 15” (French 2012: 48-49). French records that “a man named Tom Neill visited the well about 1920 when he was almost blind. Having bathed his eyes with water from the well and prayed to the Blessed Virgin, his sight was almost fully restored. A disabled child collecting sticks was supposed to have been cured at the well” (French 2012: 49). Some of the pilgrims visited the nearby Hermitage of Erc and viewed the Apostle’s Stone which displayed figures of the twelve disciples. Slane prepared for the months before Lady Day and a sports day and fair evolved from the pilgrimage. Thousands of pilgrims descended on the village from all the surrounding area and further afield. The hungry crowds were fed in local houses and the pubs did a great trade. The Lady Well festivities were revived in 2008” (French 2012: 49). 9 Publications French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. Trim: Meath Heritage Centre. 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 15 August Lady Meath sore throat toothache 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 Mary's holy well 2 Townland, County, GPS Killarney, County Kerry 3 Physical description of well and its surroundings The well is located at the back of a car park behind the Killarney town hall and down a few steps. The well has a turret style superstructure with a slate roof. A sign notes that it has been a place of pilgrimage since 1302. 4 Cure Sore throats and sore eyes (Amanda Clarke) 5 Pattern day March 25 (pattern day) and August 15 (Feast of the Assumption) 6 Offerings Coins and small stones have been thrown into the well 7 Prayer rounds and stations Pilgrims circumambulate the well clockwise five times saying decades of the rosary. Formerly, pilgrims would wash their faces or eyes with the water, though as the well is now in a car park, this is not usual today. 8 Stories "There was once a man who was very wicked. He had a son who was very wicked too. One day the man went to the well. He said he would not pray. He saw a fish below. He put his hand down to catch the fish. He slipped and fell in and his son saw him and jumped in to save his father but he could not and fell in and was drowned too. A long time ago there was a trout in the well, Anyone who saw the trout was cured of their illness. A man said he would catch the trout. he brought a net and when the trout appeared he caught him. When he was pulling up the net his hand fell dead to his side. When he tried to stand up he could not, his legs and hand were paralysed. The trout changed into a stone and remained a stone forever. It can still be seen at the edge of the well." (Amanda Clarke https://holywellsofcork.com/tag/st-marys-church-killarney/) 9 Publications http://irelandssacredwater.com/holy-wells-in-ireland-map.html https://holywellsofcork.com/tag/st-marys-church-killarney/ 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 Our Lady's well Coins Kerry Killarney March 25 Our Lady sore eyes sore throat St Mary