Comments on: Brigid’s Well, Tully, County Kildare, Ireland http://www.anamchara.com Carl McColman ~ The Fullness of Joy is to Behold God in All Wed, 23 May 2012 13:15:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gina http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12840 Gina Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:02:09 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12840 Hi Carl, before three years I came the first time from Germany to the St.Brigids Well, I felt like coming home. Last year I came back to celebrate my 50th Birthday at the St.Brigids Well and I had a wonderful experience and my life is not the same since this special day:-) I meet my soulmate.:-)This year I spend a lot of times at the Well and I`m sure I will go there more many times:-) The energy is great at the St.Brigids Well. Light and Love Gina :-) Hi Carl,
before three years I came the first time from Germany to the St.Brigids Well, I felt like coming home. Last year I came back to celebrate my 50th Birthday at the St.Brigids Well and I had a wonderful experience and my life is not the same since this special day:-) I meet my soulmate.:-)This year I spend a lot of times at the Well and I`m sure I will go there more many times:-) The energy is great at the St.Brigids Well.
Light and Love
Gina :-)

]]> By: Carl McColman http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12839 Carl McColman Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:50:01 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12839 Hi Ruby, I'd be honored to have you link to my site. Just be sure to mention on your site or in your paper that this is www.anamchara.com and that the photographs were taken by Carl McColman, and used by permission. Cheers, Carl Hi Ruby, I’d be honored to have you link to my site. Just be sure to mention on your site or in your paper that this is http://www.anamchara.com and that the photographs were taken by Carl McColman, and used by permission.

Cheers,

Carl

]]> By: Ruby V http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12838 Ruby V Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:33:32 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12838 Hello, I stumbled across this site while researching the tradition of tying strips of cloth for St. Brigit. As I am writing a paper on traditions carried by Irish immigrants to australia, can I link back to this page for the pics? They are some of the best I've seen. Hello,

I stumbled across this site while researching the tradition of tying strips of cloth for St. Brigit. As I am writing a paper on traditions carried by Irish immigrants to australia, can I link back to this page for the pics? They are some of the best I’ve seen.

]]> By: Carl McColman http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12837 Carl McColman Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:54:16 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12837 Thanks, Jeff. I'll look it up. For those who want to learn more, I found this link: <a href="http://www.bivouacbooks.com/bbv5i2s2.htm" rel="nofollow">The Miracle of Providence Springs</a> Thanks, Jeff. I’ll look it up. For those who want to learn more, I found this link: The Miracle of Providence Springs

]]> By: Jeff http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12836 Jeff Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:48:19 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12836 Hi Carl, You may be aware of this, but you don't have to travel to Ireland to visit a holy well. According to an article I read there is one in your state of Georgia! It is at the site of the former civil war prisoner of war camp at Andersonville. Thousands of Union prisoners were crowded together in poor conditions. There was no clean source of water just a small stream poluted by human and animal waste, it was a real torment during the hot Georgia summers and a cause of disease. After concerted prayer by the prisoners for relief in the summer of 1864, a storm cloud appeared, a lightning bolt struck the ground and a spring broke forth at that spot. It is called Providence Spring and still flows today at a rate of ten gallons a minute and can be visited. Anyway this is what I read in the article. Whether the water has any unusal properties besides quenching thirst I don't know. Hi Carl,

You may be aware of this, but you don’t have to travel to Ireland to visit a holy well. According to an article I read there is one in your state of Georgia! It is at the site of the former civil war prisoner of war camp at Andersonville. Thousands of Union prisoners were crowded together in poor conditions. There was no clean source of water just a small stream poluted by human and animal waste, it was a real torment during the hot Georgia summers and a cause of disease. After concerted prayer by the prisoners for relief in the summer of 1864, a storm cloud appeared, a lightning bolt struck the ground and a spring broke forth at that spot. It is called Providence Spring and still flows today at a rate of ten gallons a minute and can be visited. Anyway this is what I read in the article. Whether the water has any unusal properties besides quenching thirst I don’t know.

]]> By: Carl McColman http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12835 Carl McColman Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:31:55 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12835 You're right about the statue; these pictures were taken in the summer of 2002; when I returned to Kildare in the fall of 2003, the statue was there. So it was installed sometime within that 15-month window. The Wayside (or "Pagan") well is between the main road and the carpark for the horse farm. It's about a five minute walk from the Christian well. You’re right about the statue; these pictures were taken in the summer of 2002; when I returned to Kildare in the fall of 2003, the statue was there. So it was installed sometime within that 15-month window.

The Wayside (or “Pagan”) well is between the main road and the carpark for the horse farm. It’s about a five minute walk from the Christian well.

]]> By: Serge L http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12834 Serge L Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:01:59 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12834 Hi Carl, it seems your photos are a bit outdated. There's a statue of St. Brigid with a torch in her hand near the arch at present. I can send a photo to you if you like. I was there at the end of August with my daughter. Mary kindly invited us to have a cup of tea with her. She and Rita are really nice, it was a pleasure to talk to them. The well is a marvelous place where one can see and feel a lot if he keeps his eyes and heart open. For some reason I was unable to find the wayside well, probably it wasn't the time. May be on my next visit to Kildare... Hi Carl,
it seems your photos are a bit outdated. There’s a statue of St. Brigid with a torch in her hand near the arch at present. I can send a photo to you if you like.
I was there at the end of August with my daughter.
Mary kindly invited us to have a cup of tea with her. She and Rita are really nice, it was a pleasure to talk to them.
The well is a marvelous place where one can see and feel a lot if he keeps his eyes and heart open.
For some reason I was unable to find the wayside well, probably it wasn’t the time. May be on my next visit to Kildare…

]]> By: Linda Rosewood http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12833 Linda Rosewood Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:14:42 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12833 Thank you for this beautiful page and photos. I visited the Kildare shrines in August of 2008 and they are indeed holy, peaceful, and accessible. The book that Carl mentions is available at the tourism officein the square. I'd like to return in late January for the feast of Brigit. I'll be looking for a hostel or other cheap accommodation. Does anyone have suggestions for where to stay? The sisters seek donations for a visitors center which will be built halfway between the cathedral and the well. See their website. The book Red Haired Girl from The Bog by Patricia Mongnahn has a chPter about Kildare, Brigit, and the wells. Thank you for this beautiful page and photos. I visited the Kildare shrines in August of 2008 and they are indeed holy, peaceful, and accessible. The book that Carl mentions is available at the tourism officein the square.

I’d like to return in late January for the feast of Brigit. I’ll be looking for a hostel or other cheap accommodation. Does anyone have suggestions for where to stay?

The sisters seek donations for a visitors center which will be built halfway between the cathedral and the well. See their website.

The book Red Haired Girl from The Bog by Patricia Mongnahn has a chPter about Kildare, Brigit, and the wells.

]]> By: Janet Burke http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12832 Janet Burke Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:38:03 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12832 Thank you, I will look for the book and do my best to look up the sisters as well. Thank you, I will look for the book and do my best to look up the sisters as well.

]]> By: Carl McColman http://www.anamchara.com/about/hob/neart/#comment-12831 Carl McColman Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:37:40 +0000 http://anamchara.com/neart/#comment-12831 Yes, they're practically just across the street from one another, and about a mile from downtown Kildare -- a nice walk. Try to get your hands on a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0953619206/earthmystic" rel="nofollow">Rekindling the Flame: A Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Brigid of Kildare</a> by Rita Minehan — copies are expensive here in the USA, but hopefully it's still available in Kildare (I bought my copy at a newsstand there, in 2002). That book gives you directions on how to walk to all the Brigid-related sites in and near Kildare. Go visit the sisters of Solas Bhríde if you have the chance, they're lovely. Yes, they’re practically just across the street from one another, and about a mile from downtown Kildare — a nice walk. Try to get your hands on a copy of Rekindling the Flame: A Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Brigid of Kildare by Rita Minehan — copies are expensive here in the USA, but hopefully it’s still available in Kildare (I bought my copy at a newsstand there, in 2002). That book gives you directions on how to walk to all the Brigid-related sites in and near Kildare. Go visit the sisters of Solas Bhríde if you have the chance, they’re lovely.

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