Dublin Core
Title
St. Fursey's well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Holy Well of Ahachoura or Tobar na hAbha Cumhra (dedicated to St. Fursey)
2 Townland, County, GPS
Knocknatobar mountain in County Kerry
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is lined by a “coursed stone” and fed by a natural spring. Many coins line the bottom of the well and there is a stone with a cross etched into it at the top of the well.
4 Cure
Cures blindness as the saint was said to have cured his own blindness at the well. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan, 1996).
5 Pattern day
Traditionally on the last Sunday of July
6 Offerings
Coins are thrown into the well
7 Prayer rounds and stations
Stations of the Cross were added to the pilgrimage in the 19th century--starting at the well and leading up the mountain
9 Publications
O’Sullivan, Ann and John Sheehan eds.,1996. The Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Study of South Kerry. Cork: Cork University Press, 341.