What is recorded here

Ladys Well is a small spring in an open field in County Limerick where people still walk rounds and drink water believed to cure sore eyes. It once hosted a pattern on 25th March and carried rags hung on a large whitethorn tree as offerings. The tree has shrunk to a bush, the pattern has vanished, and a statue of Our Lady now stands beside a fence and gate. The well has been neglected and restored more than once, yet the water keeps doing what it has always done: entering the body and changing what it touches.

Ó Danachair (1955, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘"Lady's Well" on 1840 map. A small spring in an open field. For long neglected, but recently embellished with a statue of Our Lady and enclosed by a fence and gate. Formerly had a large whitethorn tree; has a small whitethorn bush now. Rounds are still made: the water cures sore eyes. A pattern was held on 25th March, but is long discontinued. Rags, were hung on the whitethorn as offerings'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 June 2019

Linked to veneration of the Virgin Mary, as indicated by the addition of a statue of Our Lady; the well's tradition reflects broader Catholic devotional practices in Ireland, where holy wells dedicated to Mary were often sites of pilgrimage and healing rituals.

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