School: Baile Mhic Ealgóid
- Location:
- Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 005
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- (continued from previous page)When Blennerhassett opened the demesne for the Patron Day - the people were taken away still further from the well. The road at Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh is only ordinary width and is not suitable for a great concourse of people. Hence presumably the reason why in the 1st instance the crowd moved to Cathair Bhríoghach cross and forgot the well. (Cross and well are only about 100 yards apart)In King's Kerry (p. 126) we read that about 1860 the Tralee people used visit the "Patron" at Ballyseedy mentioning also Tobar na Molt (Ardfert) and Baile na Gerach (Lixnaw) both of which have holy wells. By Ballyseedy he means Cathair Bhríoghach cross - which is always so miscalled. No one ever now associates the May Day assembly with the well called "Tobairín". Hence value of King's evidence corroborating my theory.Joyce says the wells called "Tobar RÍ an Domhnaigh" were so called because they were visited on a Sunday. I suspect this strange title is rather a pun on some old pagan name such as "Tobar Rí an Domhain."Locally this well is called "Tobairín." Probably the Domhnaigh was dropped.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hannah Reidy
- Gender
- Female
