Dublin Core
Title
St. Senan
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Saint Senan’s Blessed Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Molougha, Co. Clare
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
Northeast of the well and east of the local graveyard is a cairn of stones.
4 Cure
The well can help cure sore eyes and in the past it was a cure against bots, a parasite infestation of horses.
5 Pattern day
The Saint’s feast day is March 8th, but the well does not have its own pattern day.
6 Offerings
Offerings include religious figurines and floral arrangements.
7 Prayer rounds and stations
For prayer rounds, people walk east along the shore of Senan’s Lough until they return to the well.
9 Publications
Houlihan, Michael. 2015. The Holy Wells of County Clare.