What is recorded here

St. Margarets Well in County Kilkenny, Ireland, marked on the 1839 Ordnance Survey map, is a ritual site where water gushes from beneath an aged ash tree. In 1860, Hogan described this unusual emergence, while Carrigan recorded a pattern held there on August 15th. The well likely served as a gathering point for local devotion, its ash-tree source giving the water an air of ancient life. People may have come to drink, pray, or simply witness the strange marriage of root and stream.

This holy well is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. According to Hogan (1860-1, 358) it, 'gushes from under an aged ash'. A pattern was formerly held there on the 15th of August (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 497). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 July 2020

St. Margaret's Well is associated with the veneration of St. Margaret of Antioch, a Christian martyr traditionally linked with protection from childbirth difficulties and various ailments. The well's pattern day on 15 August suggests a historical tradition of pilgrimage and ritual observance, likely involving prayer and the collection of holy water for healing purposes.

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