Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lusk
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Maccullins Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Maccullins Well
- Coordinates
- 53.52377, -6.16836
- SMR number
- DU008-010007-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the garden to the rear of Barrack House. Traditionally associated with St Macullin of Lusk. St. Macullin's Well was described in 1958 as; 'a pool c. 5' [1.5m] in diameter in the garden of a house in Lusk Village. There are no devotions now, but water is still taken to bathe sore eyes. Legends: The saint [Macullin] jumped from the round tower [DU008-010003-] to the well; the marks of his knees are on a stone near the well' (Ó Danachair 1958, 73). Holy well described in 1975 as 'hidden from view by a drainpipe, which presumably encloses the water, and is itself covered by slabs of concrete' (Henry A. Wheeler 23/05/1975, SMR File. It has since been built up into the form of a 'wishing well'. It had not been venerated for some time (Healy 1975, 20).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.