Sunday's Well, Kilmore

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Title

Sunday's Well, Kilmore

Description of Well Item Type Metadata

1 Name of well and saint

Sunday’s Well, Tobairin an Domhnach. Dedicated to the King of Sunday or Christ.

2 Townland, County, GPS

Kilmore, County Cork

3 Physical description of well and its surroundings

Amanda Clarke describes this as a little well that has been revered for many centuries. Through a red wicket gate there is a helpful sign and a path is laid out with discernible stones. The well, lying flat in the ground, is roughly pentagonal shaped. The water clear and deep. It was renovated in the 1970s with a little plaque that informs the reader of its healing properties.

4 Cure

It has curative properties for sour eyes.

6 Offerings

A sandwich box, tucked behind a tree trunk, contains a variety of offerings and a notebook and pencil if someone wants to leave a prayer or comment.

8 Stories

Amanda Clarke’s Blog provides a story. According to Holland (1908): local tradition tells that the well was formerly located 60 yards west of its present site, but that one of the lords of the manor gave orders to his Stewart to have the well closed …. very soon the water sprang up again in its present site and the people continued to pay their rounds as before.

9 Publications

Clarke, Amanda. "Gazetteer." Holy Wells of Cork. Accessed November 4th, 2018. https://holywellsofcork.com/gazeteer/.

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