Dublin Core
Title
St. Colmcille
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
St. Colmb's Well, St. Colmcille's Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Newtown (Leixlip), Co. Kildare
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well was situated ‘in a big field called the ‘Sileacain" but was subsequently flooded and was no longer visited. It lay near the bottom of a short, steep, east-facing valley slope, now overgrown with briars and thorns. A small stream flows south of the slpe and a modern bridge gives access to the North of the site.
4 Cure
Sore eyes and faces
5 Pattern day
August (although Columcille’s feast is the 9th of June,)
6 Offerings
Tying a scapular, medal or rag to a nearby tree
8 Stories
Long ago a man tried to burn down the bush beside the well but as he began, lights began to flash around him. He then hung himself on a tree beside the well and no one is supposed to take a stick from that tree
9 Publications
https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Heritage/BuiltHeritageArchaeologyandMonuments/KildareHolyWellsSurvey/Holy%20Wells%20of%20County%20Kildare.pdf
Fitzgerald, F. (ed.), ‘Leixlip Castle’, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 2,7 (1899) 393-406; Jackson, P., ‘The holy wells of Co Kildare’, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 16 (1979-80) 133-161; The Schools’ Collection: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/
Fitzgerald, F. (ed.), ‘Leixlip Castle’, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 2,7 (1899) 393-406; Jackson, P., ‘The holy wells of Co Kildare’, Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, 16 (1979-80) 133-161; The Schools’ Collection: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/