What is recorded here

Bere Island, Ireland: A holy well dedicated to St Michael hid beneath gorse and moor grass on Knockanallig. People called it the pattern, gathered near his feast, and washed eye trouble from their faces with prayer. The landscape kept the water secret, but the island remembered the well as a living place for sight, ceremony, and endurance.

In rough grazing land, on the NW-facing slopes of Knockanallig on Bere Island. Due to a dense cover of gorse and moor grass, the holy well could not be found. O'Sullivan (1992, 54-5) recorded that it was associated with St Michael, that it was known locally as 'the pattern' and that a pattern day was held there on the Sunday nearest to the feast of St Michael. It was also recorded that in the recent past people with eye problems visited the well and washed their eyes in the water and recited special prayers to effect a cure (ibid.). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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