St. Muadains Well

Situated at the base of a NE-facing rock-face (H c. 2m), which is on the SW bank of a small stream. The well is across the road to the NE of the graveyard (MO003-018003-) and is accessible by a path down from the road to a rock outcrop platform. The well (D 0.3m) is in a D-shaped recess (dims 0.8m WNW-ESE; 0.5m NNE-SSW; H 0.5m) and it overflows across the platform to the stream. There is no evidence of veneration now but in the folk memory there was a two day pattern held at the well around August 30 until the well was closed in 1836 (see this web-page accessed on 28/10/2016: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4742067/4732198 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 7 November, 2016

St. Muadains Well is associated with St. Muadan, a 6th-century Irish saint known for his ascetic practices and healing miracles. The well is traditionally visited for its supposed curative properties, particularly for skin ailments and general well-being, and may have been a site of pilgrimage and seasonal rituals in pre-modern times.