Dublin Core
Title
St. Martin's well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Saint Martin’s Blessed Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Ballynacally, Co. Clare
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
There is a person sized entrance gate that leads to the well. It is located in a tight space between Ballynacally Creek and a small rock face. There is a small Lourdes grotto at the site. The well has one opening for blessings after prayers and another opening for visitors to collect water for home use. (see Houlihan, 2015).
5 Pattern day
The well site is visited on November 11th, Saint Martin’s feast-day. Martinmas is another name for the feast-day.
6 Offerings
Offerings include candles and statues. During an earlier time there was a tradition of killing a bird or another animal and sprinkling some blood around the site for protection for the coming year (see Houlihan, 2015).
9 Publications
Houlihan, Michael. 2015. The Holy Wells of County Clare.
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/holy_wells_ballynacally_lisseycasey.htm
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/holy_wells_ballynacally_lisseycasey.htm