Dublin Core
Title
St. Brigid's
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
St Brigid's Holy Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Tully, Kildare County
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well, marked by a stone cross is at the end of an enclosure encircled with trees. The well itself is deep, circular, with stone wall impoundments. A modern sculpture of the saint presides over the well's stream. A rag tree is near the well receives rosaries and ribbons.
5 Pattern day
The pattern is still observed here on the 1st of February as visitors gather leaving offerings.
6 Offerings
Rosaries are left on the statue. Offerings of jewelry, pill bottles, glasses, and other miscellaneous items are left by the well. A rag tree sits close to the well. So many visitors leave items, that votives are cleared away and buried most every month.
9 Publications
"St. Brigid's Holy Well." St Brigid's Holy Well Kildare. Accessed November 04, 2018. http://www.megalithicireland.com/St Brigid's Well, Kildare.html.
Adomnán. "Holy Well." Saint Bridgid's Well, Kildare. March 27, 2012. Accessed November 04, 2018. http://irelandsholywells.blogspot.com/2012/03/saint-bridgids-well-kildare.html.
Adomnán. "Holy Well." Saint Bridgid's Well, Kildare. March 27, 2012. Accessed November 04, 2018. http://irelandsholywells.blogspot.com/2012/03/saint-bridgids-well-kildare.html.