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Holy well in the suburbs

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 12 older comments, and then…
• Niall McAuley said:

  It is marked on the 6" map, and marked (covered) on the 25", would be where Milbourne Avenue meets Griffith Park

• lafoc2 said:

  It's called St Catherine's Well in this ihwcbc.omeka.net/items/show/541

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  lafoc2 Apologies. You're quite right. Amended above now.

• lafoc2 said:

  Seems to be only a plaque now

• Suck Diesel said:

  “In Drumcondra, St Catherine's, a well long covered in, existed on the west side of the pathway that leads from Walsh Road to the footbridge in what's now Griffith Park. Before the park was established this was part of Millbourne Avenue and the well was in the back yard of a cottage there. St Catherine's well may have been a site of veneration as far back as the 13th century.
  
  These wells were said to have curative powers for various ailments, even promoting eternal life, or at the very least a bit of longevity. St Catherine's, we're told, was great for the auld toothache but you had to drink the water from a skull, assuming you had one handy.”
  
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