Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballinteskin (rathdown By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinteskin (rathdown By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WI007-080----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated holy well within the townland of Ballinteskin. According to Lynch (1994, 641) there is a holy well known as ‘St Brigid’s Well’ in the townland of Ballinteskin that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 907: 154-7). The folklore manuscripts recorded the tradition that the ‘water of it collected in a bottle by holding the bottle against the stream at a point where the water trickles into a rivulet is believed to be a cure for vomiting’ (Lynch 1994, 641).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 January 2013
References
Lynch, G. 1994 The holy wells of county Wicklow: traditions and legends. In K. Hannigan and W. Nolan (eds), Wicklow history and society, 625-48. Dublin. Geography Publications.