Dublin Core
Title
Sunday's well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Sunday’s Well, Tobar Ri an Domhnaigh. The well is recorded as being a Sunday’s Well, but it now seems to be dedicated to St. Finbarr.
2 Townland, County, GPS
Cloonshear Beg, County Cork
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
Amanda Clarke notes that the restored well is active and still revered. The well house is built into a bank and is constructed out of mossy large stones. The water is fresh and clear and contained in a rectangular basin. The water seeps out over a flat stone and trickles down into the nearby river. Offerings are pressed into the moss. Cups are on-site for drinking the well waters.
4 Cure
General curing properties.
5 Pattern day
September 25th
6 Offerings
religious statues and rosary beads are left at the well but there is also a pair of scales.
9 Publications
Clarke, Amanda. "Gazetteer." Holy Wells of Cork. Accessed November 4th, 2018. https://holywellsofcork.com/gazeteer/.