Holy Wells of Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

Sacred Realms and Popular Domains
Redaktion: Ray, Celeste; McCormick, Finbar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The storied landscapes of Ireland are dotted with holy wells-hallowed springs, pools, ponds, and lakes credited with curative powers and often associated with Catholic and indigenous saints. While many of these sites have been recently lost to development, others are visited daily for devotions and remain the focus of annual community gatherings.

Encouraging both their use and protection, Holy Wells of Ireland delves into these irreplaceable resources of spiritual, archaeological, and historical significance. Reserves of localized spiritual practices, holy wells are also ecosystems in themselves and provide habitats for rare and culturally meaningful flora and fauna. The shift toward a "post-Catholic" Ireland has prompted renewed interest in holy wells as popular domains with organic faith traditions. Of the roughly 3,000 holy wells documented across Ireland, some attract international pilgrims and others are stewarded by a single family. Featuring 140 color images, this remarkable volume shares the transdisciplinary work of contributors who study these wells through the overlapping lenses of anthropology, archaeology, art history, biomedicine, folklore, geography, history, and hydrology. Braiding community perspectives with those of scholars across academia, Holy Wells of Ireland considers Irish holy wells as a resilient feature of ever-evolving Irish Christianity, as inspiration to other faith traditions, as places of pilgrimage and healing, and as threatened biocultural resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253066701
• Artikelnr.: 69131522

Autorenporträt

Celeste Ray is Professor and Chair of Anthropology and Director of the Environmental Arts and Humanities Program at Sewanee: The University of the South. She is author of The Origins of Ireland's Holy Wells and of Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South. She is editor most recently of Sacred Waters: A Cross-Cultural Compendium of Hallowed Springs and Holy Wells. Finbar McCormick is a retired Senior Lecturer from the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen's University Belfast. He is author (with Aidan O'Sullivan, Thomas R. Kerr, and Lorcan Harney) of Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100: The Evidence from Archaeological Excavations and (with Emily Murray) of Knowth and the Zooarchaeology of Early Christian Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

An Introduction to the Holy Wells of Ireland
by Celeste Ray Part 1: Natural Features of Holy Well Landscapes 1. Sacred Stones by Healing Wells
by Celeste Ray 2. Cranfield Stones at St. Olcan's Well
County Antrim
by Patrick McAteer and Celeste Ray 3. Healing Soils and Holy Wells of County Fermanagh
by Gerry A. Quinn 4. The Plants and Animals Associated with Holy Wells in Irish Folk Tradition
by Niall Mac Coitir 5. The Submerged Well of Many Names
Lacken
County Wicklow
by Geraldine Lynch 6. The Water Sources and Chemistry of Irish Holy Wells
by Bruce Misstear
Laurence Gill
Cora McKenna
and Ronan Foley Part 2: Holy Wells in Irish Christianity 7. The Conversion Function of Holy Wells in the Tripartite Life of Patrick
by Claire Collins 8. Holy Wells of County Clare
by Michael Houlihan and Maura Egan 9. Holy Wells
Saintly Authority
and the Fountain of Life in Early Irish Hagiography
by Shane Lordan 10. Tobar Chuáin agus Brocáin at Mothel
County Waterford
by Eugene Broderick 11. Saint Colmcille's Well
Doonierin
County Sligo
by Tamlyn McHugh 12. St. Mochua's Well
Derrynoose
County Armagh
by John Makem 13. Curative Waters and Penance: The Many Traditions of Irish Holy Wells
by Finbar McCormick 14. Tobar Phádraig
Monivea
County Galway
by Christy Cunniffe 15. Two County Fermanagh Wells
by Janet Cassidy and Fred Ternan Part 3: The Cure 16. Holy Wells and "The Cure" in Twentieth-Century Ireland
by Carol Barron 17. Father Moore's Well
County Kildare
by Suzanne Pegley 18. The Holy Wells of County Cork
by Amanda Clarke 19. Holy Wells of North Leinster: A Medical Geography
by Ronan Foley 20. St. Brigid's Well
Liscannor
County Clare
by Rita McCarthy Part 4: Pilgrimage and Patterns 21. Tents
Ale-Poles
and Pattern Pies: An Examination of the Temporary Shelters and Food of the Pattern Day 1700-1950
by Shane Lehane 22. Mám Éan
by Michael Gibbons and Anja Renkes 23. Rock
Bell
Steeple: Revisiting the Ardmore Pattern
County Waterford
by Stiofán Ó Cadhla 24. St. Fiachra's Well at Ullard
County Kilkenny
by Edward N. Moran 25. St. Patrick's Well at Holywell
County Fermanagh
by Janet Cassidy Part 5: Irish Identities and Evolving Devotions 26. Shaping Ireland: The Holy Well in Irish Painting
by Anne Cormican 27. Mo Griffith: A Water Liberator
by Celeste Ray
Annie Griffith
and Hannah Chew 28. Irish Travellers and Holy Wells
by Attracta Brownlee 29. Devotional Heritage on Inishark and Inishbofin
by Ryan Lash 30. The Holy Wells of County Dublin
by Gary Branigan 31. Cillíní (Children's Burial Grounds) and Holy Wells in Early Modern Ireland
by Colm Donnelly and Eileen Murphy 32. The Ecumenical Re-Opening of St. John the Baptist's Holy Well in Drumcondra
County Dublin
by Bernadette Masterson 33. Layered Resonance at Abbeyswell
County Cork
by Ray Cashman 34. The Destruction of St. John's Well at Warrenstown
County Meath
by Noel French 35. Afterword
by Celeste Ray and Finbar McCormick Index