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Holy wells of Ireland : sacred realms and popular domains / edited by Celeste Ray and Finbar McCormick.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Irish culture, memory, and place
- Irish Culture, Memory, Place Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holy wells--Ireland.
- Holy wells.
- Water--Folklore.
- Water.
- Ireland--Folklore.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 325 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 17, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Holy wells of Ireland
- ISBN:
- 9780253066695
- 0253066697
- Publisher Number:
- 40032069355
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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