St. Ann's Well

St. Ann's Well in Raheny, Dublin, Ireland was once a popular holy well, and gave its name (with a slightly different spelling) to the well-known St. Anne's Park, the city's second largest municipal park, home for many years to the Guinness family.[1]

Location

The well site has a protective hood of stones,[2] and lies just beyond the old lake of the park, with its Roman temple, and below the Watchtower folly, near the main coastal entrance.

The well itself dried up in the 1950s, and although Dublin City Council made several attempts to relocate the source, it remains dry as of 2021. The site is still respected, and was visited in 2000 by a formal joint procession of worshippers from the Raheny parishes of the Roman Catholic Church and Church of Ireland. The site was cleaned of soil and vegetation by a specialist contractor in early 2018, the original well opening located, and a safety grille, also keeping leaves out, was fitted over the former outlet.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "St Annes (sic) Park". Dublin City Council. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "History". Catholic Parish of Raheny. Parish of Raheny (Roman Catholic). Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Projects: St Anne's Park Follies". Oldstone. Dublin and Wicklow: Oldstone. March 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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