Folklore · County Wicklow
Folklore and traditions of County Wicklow
9 sites with recorded traditions.
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9 sites in County Wicklow with traditions recorded by the Archaeological Survey. County Wicklow guide.
Folklore on ErinSites is quoted from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland (or, when marked, from visitors). It records what people said or believed about a place; it is not presented as historical fact.
- St Patrick's Church Ancient church · Kilquade, Co. Wicklow
Traditionally the site of an early foundation on which now stands a 19th-century church.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Bride's Well Holy well · Dunbur Head, Co. Wicklow
Now dried up; there is no surviving local tradition.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Bridget's Well Holy well · Ballymacahara, Co. Wicklow
It is still resorted to for the cure of pains in the limbs, bowels, etc., and the briars and thorns over it exhibit in tolerable abundance the raggy offerings of its votaries’ (O’Flanagan 1928, 248).
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Lady Well Holy well · Kilmurry North (Arklow By.), Co. Wicklow
According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 128) patterns were held here until the beginning of the 19th century.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Lady's Well Holy well · Ballymanus Upper, Co. Wicklow
According to Lynch (1994, 640) the water was used as a cure for colds, and was never used for household purposes and there was a hawthorn bush at the well.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Lady's Well Holy well · Ballymoney (Ballinacor South By.), Co. Wicklow
The spring runs out of the well into a stream immediately to the W. According to Price (1946, 66), a pattern was held here on the 15th of August.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Lady's Well Holy well · Rock Big, Co. Wicklow
Site of St. Patrick's Well (WI045-007----) 210m to the SE. The well has dried up since the quarry opened, and the site is now occupied by a Marian shrine (10/10/1954) and a hawthorn on which offerings are suspended in May.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - St. Catherine's Well Holy well · Killadreenan, Co. Wicklow
The well had been frequented for the cure of many ailments, and offerings were left at the well.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Tornant Upper Megalithic tomb · Tornant Upper, Co. Wicklow
A decorated stone, now in the NMI, is reputed to have come from this site.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact