Draft:Kilkeasy Holy Well
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 Photo taken June 2024 |
Kilkeasy Holy Well, in Kilkeasy townland in County Kilkenny in Ireland, is a source of reputed healing water in a tree in Kilkeasy (old) graveyard. According to local folklore it is said to cure warts and sore eyes.[1][2]
The tree is classified by Pádraig Ó Dálaigh[who?] as a holy well and described as a sycamore,[3] but it is actually a plane tree (Platanus).[citation needed] The opening was formed when a branch broke off the tree, and the remaining opening is routinely filled with water.[3]
In the graveyard, in which the tree stands, is a memorial stone for Thomas Phelan who died in the nearby Battle of Carrickshock.[citation needed]
Gallery
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Plane tree and graveyard with church ruin -
Approaching the Hollow in the Tree; Phelan memorial stone to the left -
Video of tree in graveyard
References
[edit]- ^ "Cures". duchas.ie Schools' Collection. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Graveyards - Kilkeasy". duchas.ie Schools' Collection. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ a b Ó Dálaigh, Pádraig (2018). The holy wells of County Kilkenny in terms of documentary coverage, location, ritual practice and onomastic concept, vol. II (PDF). Limerick. p. 469.
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