What is recorded here

St Patricks Well is a hidden holy well in County Cork pasture, marked only by memory and the risk of forgetting. It joins the edge of the living world, where forgotten things can still be recovered through clarity.

In pasture, c. 250m E of burial ground (14094). No visible surface trace. Noted by both Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 340) and Bowman (1934, 603) as a holy well at which rounds were paid on 16th and 17th March. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

St Patrick's Well in Dromore North is associated with the veneration of St Patrick and was historically visited for ritual "rounds" on 16th and 17th March, likely linked to early Christian pilgrimage practices. The well, though without visible surface remains, was recorded as a site of local religious significance in early 20th-century surveys.

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