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
Staleen, Meath
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
“In Staleen townland, Donore parish John O’Donovan recorded a well called Tobar an Manna, which English speaking people called St Anne’s Well” (French 2012: 52).
5 Pattern day
“Some people told O’Donovan that the patron day for the parish was St Mainne’s day, 5 July but others told him the 9 October but could not tell him the patron saint’s name” (French 2012: 52).
8 Stories
“According to a schoolchild in the 1930s St Anne was in the wood and the devil appeared to her. The saint climbed a tree and the devil chased after her. The saint jumped down and her hand came to rest on a big stone. A well sprung up where she landed on the ground and it was named St Anne’s Well. The marks of her fingers and thumb are still to be seen on the stone beside the well” (French 2012: 52-53).
9 Publications
French, Noel. Meath Holy Wells. Meath, Meath Heritage Centre, 2012.