| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 325 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Irish Culture, Memory, Place Series |
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Irish culture, memory, and place.
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| Contents |
An introduction to the holy wells of Ireland / Celeste Ray -- Sacred stones by healing wells / Celeste Ray -- Cranfield stones at St. Olcán's Well, County Antrim / Patrick McAteer and Celeste Ray -- Healing soils and holy wells of County Fermanagh / Gerry A. Quinn -- The plants and animals associated with holy wells in Irish folk tradition / Niall Mac Coitir -- The submerged well of many names, Lacken, County Wicklow / Geraldine Lynch -- The water sources and chemistry of Irish Holy Wells / Bruce Misstear, Laurence Gill, Cora McKenna, and Ronan Foley -- The conversion function of holy wells in the tripartite life of Patrick / Claire Collins -- Holy wells of County Clare / Michael Houlihan with Maura Egan -- Holy wells, saintly authority, and the fountain of life in early Irish hagiography / Shane Lordan -- Tobar Chuáin agus Brocáin at Mothel, County Waterford / Eugene Broderick -- St. Colmcille's Well, Doonierin, County Sligo / Tamlyn McHugh -- St. Mochua's Well, Derrynoose, County Armagh / John Makem -- Curative waters, holy fish, and penance : the many traditions of Irish holy wells / Finbar McCormick -- Tobar Phádraig, Monivea, County Galway / Christy Cunniffe -- Two County Fermanagh Wells / Janet Cassidy with Fred Ternan -- Holy wells and "the cure" in twentieth-century Ireland / Carol Barron -- Father Moore's Well, County Kildare / Suzanne Pegley -- The holy wells of County Cork / Amanda Clarke -- Holy wells of North Leinster : a medical geography / Ronan Foley -- St. Brigid's Well, Liscannor, County Clare / Rita McCarthy -- Tents, ale poles, and pattern pies : an examination of the temporary shelters and food of the pattern day 1700-1950 / Shane Lehane -- Mám Éan / Michael Gibbons and Anja Renkes -- Rock, bell, steeple : revisiting the Ardmore pattern / Stiofán Ó Cadhla -- St. Fiachra's Well at Ullard, County Kilkenny / Edward N. Moran -- St. Patrick's Well at Holywell, County Fermanagh / Janet Cassidy -- Shaping Ireland : the holy well in Irish painting / Anne Cormican -- Mo Griffith : a water liberator / Celeste Ray, Annie Griffith, and Hannah Chew -- Irish travellers and holy wells / Attracta Brownlee -- Curation and creativity : devotional heritage on Inishark and Inishbofin / Ryan Lash -- The Holy Wells of County Dublin / Gary Branigan -- Cillíní (children's burial grounds) and holy wells in early modern Ireland / Colm Donnelly and Eileen Murphy -- The ecumenical reopening of St. John the Baptist's Holy Well in Drumcondra, County Dublin / Bernadette Masterson -- Layered resonance at Abbeyswell, County Cork / Ray Cashman -- The destruction of St. John's Well at Warrenstown, County Meath / Noel French -- Afterword / Celeste Ray and Finbar McCormick |
| Summary |
"The storied landscapes of Ireland are dotted with holy wells-hallowed springs, pools, ponds, and even lakes credited with curative powers and often associated with indigenous saints who were never officially canonized. While many of these sites have been recently lost to development, others are daily visited for devotions and remain the focus of annual community gatherings. Encouraging both their use and protection, Holy Wells of Ireland examines these irreplaceable resources of spiritual, archaeological, and historical significance. Of the roughly 3,000 holy wells once documented across Ireland, today some attract international pilgrims and others are stewarded by a single family. The so-called Post-Catholic era has prompted renewed interest in holy wells as popular domains with organic faith traditions. Reserves of localized spiritual practices, holy wells are also ecosystems in themselves and can provide habitats for particular flora and fauna. Featuring 140 color images, this remarkable volume shares the transdisciplinary work of contributors who study these wells through the overlapping lenses of anthropology, archaeology, art history, biomedicine, folklore, geography, history, and hydrology. Braiding community perspectives with those of scholars across academia, Holy Wells of Ireland considers Irish holy wells as a resilient feature of ever-evolving Irish Christianity, as places of pilgrimage and healing, and as threatened biocultural resources"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 17, 2023) |
| Subject |
Holy wells -- Ireland.
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Water -- Folklore
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore
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Holy wells
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Religion
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Water -- Folklore
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Folklore
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Ireland -- Religion
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| Subject |
Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ray, R. Celeste, editor.
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McCormick, Finbar, editor.
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| LC no. |
2023021126 |
| ISBN |
0253066697 |
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9780253066695 |
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