Dublin Core
Title
Trinity Well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Trinity Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
“is near the centre of [Painestown] townland” (MacNamidhe 1953:6) in County Meath.
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well was near Thurstianstown House in the 1830s.
4 Cure
The NFC has a child's account of the well as a panacea.
5 Pattern day
The Stations of the Cross used to be recited here on Trinity Sunday.” (MacNamidhe 1953:6). Noel Friench notes a pattern was held here on the first Sunday of August (2012:103).
8 Stories
As with many stories about wells when their water is used to cure an animal, the water then delivers the ailment or curse to the human instead. A man brought his blind horse to the well and the horse was cured, but he lost his site (French, 2012:103).
9 Publications
MacNamidhe, Sean. “The Parish of Drakestown.” Meath Chronicle. Apr 4, 1953, pp 6.
French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. Trim: Trim Heritage Centre.
French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. Trim: Trim Heritage Centre.