What is recorded here

Doon Well at Kilmacrennan stood in County Donegal around 1900, crowded with crutches, bandages and rosary beads left by pilgrims who believed its water could heal. Two women prayed beside it while the discarded tools of suffering built a strange monument to hope. The well did not promise certainty; it collected the physical proof that people still carried their wounds into the dark and asked the water to share them.

A well, said to cure eye ailments, situated under bushes in pasture. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Linked to an unspecified saint, the Holy Well at Kiltown is traditionally associated with the cure of eye ailments. Pilgrims would often visit the site, using the water for washing or drinking as part of a healing ritual.

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