Dublin Core
Title
Algeo's Well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
Algeo's Well
2 Townland, County, GPS
Milford, Donegal
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
This well is like a dish scooped out of a rock in a field about a quarter of a mile west of the waterfall. Locals wonder how the water gets through the rock but it is seldom or never dry. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 025)
4 Cure
People suffering from sores and warts go there to get cured. They drink the water and rub it on the sores. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 025)
6 Offerings
Some personal things such as medals, pins, clothes, etc are left behind at the well after each visit. It is not as much frequented now as it was forty or fifty years ago. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 025)
8 Stories
About sixty years ago a protestant farmer named Algeo lived near Bunlin Bridge bout a mile and a half west of Milford on the Milford-Barrigart road. For cutting some trees in his own farm without the permission of the landlord - the murdered Earl of Leitrim - he was evicted from his house and farm. Willie Boyle has built a two storey house on the site of Algeo's house and his farm was divided among the neighboring farmers. James O' Donnell has a few acres on he south side of the Golan road. Moses Gamble has the west side along the hill and Charles Graham has the rest. On the part of Algeo's farm given to Moses Gamble sits Algeo's Well.
The well is not as frequented now as it was forty or fifty years ago. The "Scallen" where mass was said before Golan Chapel was built is beside this well. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 025)
The well is not as frequented now as it was forty or fifty years ago. The "Scallen" where mass was said before Golan Chapel was built is beside this well. (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 025)
9 Publications
National Folklore Collection