St. Anne's Well

Dublin Core

Title

St. Anne's Well

Description of Well Item Type Metadata

1 Name of well and saint

St Anne’s Well

2 Townland, County, GPS

Located in “Stalleen, near Drogheda,” (Thunder 1886: 657) in County Meath.

5 Pattern day

John O'Donovan was told the pattern day of the parish was St. Mainne's day (5 July), but other people told him it was 9 October (French, 2012:52).

8 Stories

Quoting the Schools Collection in teh NFC, Noel French notes that the well was supposed to have spouted from a large stone touched by the hand of St. Anne when she jumped out of a tree to escape the devil (French, 2012:52).

9 Publications

Thunder, John M. “The Holy Wells of Meath.” The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. Oct 1886-Jan 1887, pp 655-658.

French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. Trim: Meath Heritage Centre.

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