Dublin Core
Title
St MacCullin's Well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Well of the Girl (Tobar an Chailín). Dedicated to St MacCullin.
2 Townland, County, GPS
Located in the townland of Rush in County Dublin.
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well “is located on the coast at the end of Bawn Road in Rush…The spring is located high in a bank thickly covered with brambles and flows down in a small creek…onto the rocks into the sea” (Branigan 2012:49).
8 Stories
“It is well known locally as a place where fisherman gathered to mend their fishing nets, and local tradition holds that anybody who drinks of the water will eventually come to live in Rush, or if a girl drinks the water she will be married within the year” (Branigan 2012:49).
9 Publications
Branigan, Gary. 2012. Ancient and Holy Wells of Ireland. Dublin: The History Press Ireland.
10 More
“The immediate area is geologically intereating and it is well known as the Tobercalleen formation. Another well along the coast to the west of Tobercalleen is often confused with it” (Branigan 2012:49).