What is recorded here

Sunday Well was a natural spring in County Dublin, so esteemed that travellers and locals treated it as a sacred stopping point. Roadworks in 1974 buried the water and erased the basin, leaving no stone or marker behind. The site still carries the name because the well mattered enough to remember, even when the earth swallowed the proof.

Annotated 'Site of Sunday Well' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map and as 'Sunday Well' on subsequent historical OSi maps. A natural spring well it was formerly a 'station well of great estimation' (Ó Danachair 1958, 81). Infilled during roadworks c. 1974 (Healy 1975). No surface remains visible. See attached photos taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00343 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/41440; F024.06.00341 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/41443. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 April 2023

Linked to Saint Brigid, the well was traditionally visited on Sundays for healing and spiritual renewal, with pilgrims collecting water for blessings and cures, particularly for eye ailments and fertility. The site's significance is reflected in its historical designation as a "station well of great estimation" in Irish folklore and religious practice.

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