Dublin Core
Title
St. Colmcille's Well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
St Colmcille’s Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Drumconrath, Meath
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is located “at a distance of a mile from Drumconrath village, on the road leading to Carrickmacross,…named Tobar Columcille” (French 2012: 20). Additionally, “there was an old church in Drumbride townland called Teampull Chuilmcille. Just north of the old church there was a flag stone, called Leac na nglun, the flagstone of the knees. It had hollow in its surface which were said to have been made by St Colmcille’s knees as he knelt in prayer” (French 2012: 20-21).
5 Pattern day
"There was a pattern held at the well in the nineteenth century” (French 2012: 21).
7 Prayer rounds and stations
"Stations were formerly made from Colmcille’s Well to the old church” (French 2012: 21). French notes that “pilgrims were obliged to go on their knees from this well to Drumbride Church, such a long distance that only one person ever managed to complete the route” (French 2012: 21).
9 Publications
French, Noel. 2012. Meath Holy Wells. Trim: Meath Heritage Centre.
10 More
“A well appears in the townland of Newstone on the OS maps from about 1909” (French 2012: 21).
“The well was recorded by a schoolchild in the 1930s but no one visited the well at that time” (French 2012: 21).
“The well was recorded by a schoolchild in the 1930s but no one visited the well at that time” (French 2012: 21).