St Macadaw's Well

Marked on the 1841-42 and 1916 OS maps as 'St Macadaw's Well', it is also known locally as St Brigid's Well.

Situation and Description: This is a small clear well in a shallow hollow with some drystone work about the well.

Rounds/Offerings: According to local tradition, rounds at this well may be made by members of the Corridan family only, to whom the right of burial in the nearby church ruin (KE013-023001-) is also reserved. It is said to cure all diseases.

Folklore collected from Booleenshare School recorded the following details about Cill Mhic Adá holy well; 'In a deep glen covered with bracken and ivy to the south of the old ruin is a grassy slope from which issues a stream called St. Macada's well. The Corridon family often go in pilgrimage to this well. It is said that the old church [KE013-023001-] is sometimes seen enveloped in a bright light, which is a sign that death is approaching one of the Corridon family. Many people have seen the light and in every case the truth of the saying is fulfilled for a funeral goes to the old church always after its appearance. A sound of weeping and the Irish "Caoine" is said also to be heard at Keelmacada when the death of a Corridon takes place over the seas' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 379;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4678380/4673788).