Holz wells in Dublin

Fuinseog

Does anyone know anything about Holy wells in Dublin. Trinity has one, but it is not open the public.

I was out looking for ST. Catheriness well in Drumcondra today. according to an article in the indo (27-10) it is located at Griffith park but I scoured the place and found nothing remotely like a well.

pedroeibar1

I don't know Griffith Park - is it a residential 'Park' or a public one? Have you looked at the old OSI maps? This link http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,716439,737577,5,7 will bring you to the Griffith Ave. / N 1 junction. Navigate N/S/E/W using the compass rose on the top left and in the bottom panel on the right move the overlay slider from 1 to 99% to help you locate a well.

Fuinseog

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

I don't know Griffith Park - is it a residential 'Park' or a public one? Have you looked at the old OSI maps? This link http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,716439,737577,5,7 will bring you to the Griffith Ave. / N 1 junction. Navigate N/S/E/W using the compass rose on the top left and in the bottom panel on the right move the overlay slider from 1 to 99% to help you locate a well.

thanks for that. The park is public,created in the thirties on an old rubbish dump. it is beside the Tolka on Botanic Road, maybe 400 metres from Fagans Pub. I will check out the map, though my map reading sills are not the best. I read about the well in a book on the subject but just said it was in someones backyard. the article in the Indo has a photo. I asked two elderly people in the park who were from the are, but they had no idea and had never heard of it.

pedroeibar1

Fuinseog wrote: »

thanks for that. The park is public,created in the thirties on an old rubbish dump. it is beside the Tolka on Botanic Road, maybe 400 metres from Fagans Pub. I will check out the map, though my map reading sills are not the best. I read about the well in a book on the subject but just said it was in someones backyard. the article in the Indo has a photo. I asked two elderly people in the park who were from the are, but they had no idea and had never heard of it.

Here it is
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,715687,736963,7,9

Play with the 'overlay' slider in the bottom right panel and it will show you where it is on a current map.

miamee

Just spotted this page on Facebook for a book called Ancient & Holy Wells of Dublin - might be of interest.

slowburner

...and a link to the book on the subject (not yet published?)

Fuinseog

slowburner wrote: »

...and a link to the book on the subject (not yet published?)

very clever advertising a book before it is even published. i will order it. December is not far away and i would love to go out and about looking for them. Not sure if its covered in the book but there is a well in kinsealy at the old monastery. its gas that there is medieval monastery in dublin and it is hardly known.

Yellowblackbird

Fuinseog wrote: »

very clever advertising a book before it is even published.

This brief little thread has been most serendipitous.

Fuinseog

the book is being launched on 11 December at the Dublin writers' Centre. it could be a good evening.