Dublin Core
Title
Lady's Well, Dunowen
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Lady’s Well, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary
2 Townland, County, GPS
Dunowen, County Cork
51.5425168, -8.92091682
51.5425168, -8.92091682
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
You must walk down a high walled boreen and through a pasture. You are greeted by a serene white statue of the Mary holding a rosary and standing on top of a domed, as Amanda Clark describes, beehive like wellhouse. There is a mug left at the well for visitors to use. (Clark, https://holywellsofcork.com/2016/04/06/a-clutch-of-wells-around-castlefreke/)
4 Cure
There is no specific cure.
5 Pattern day
The 15th of August is the pattern day and mass is still celebrated yearly on that day.
7 Prayer rounds and stations
Amanda Clark suggests that the boreen may have been a pilgrimage path to the well. (Clark, https://holywellsofcork.com//2016/04/06/a-clutch-of-wells-around-castlefreke/)
9 Publications
Clarke, Amanda. "Gazetteer." Holy Wells of Cork. Accessed October 31, 2018. https://holywellsofcork.com/gazeteer/.
Clarke, Amanda. “No title” Holy Wells of Cork, 8 Apr, 2016. https://holywellsofcork.com/2016/04/06/a-clutch-of-wells-around-castlefreke/#jp-carousel-1093
Power, Denis. 1998. Archeological inventory of County Cork volume 1: West Cork; comprising the Baronies of Bear, Bantry, West Carbery (east & west), East Carbery (east & west), Ibane & Barryroe and Kinalmeaky. Stationery Office. PP 283.
Clarke, Amanda. “No title” Holy Wells of Cork, 8 Apr, 2016. https://holywellsofcork.com/2016/04/06/a-clutch-of-wells-around-castlefreke/#jp-carousel-1093
Power, Denis. 1998. Archeological inventory of County Cork volume 1: West Cork; comprising the Baronies of Bear, Bantry, West Carbery (east & west), East Carbery (east & west), Ibane & Barryroe and Kinalmeaky. Stationery Office. PP 283.