Our Lady's Well

Leitrim St

"OUR LADY’S WELL

The Well can be Traced in Old Maps and Records for over 300 Years and Possibly had its Origin in Early Christian Cork. There is a Record of a very large Pilgrimage to the Site in 1748. Following Upon the Restoration of the Shrine by Employees of Murphy’s Brewery, Mass was Concelebrated by the Right Rev. Mgr. Deane J. Bastible P.P., D.D., V.C.  and Rev Vincent Daly C.C. May 1981"

This plaque is located behind a pedestrian gate on Leitrim St. opposite entrance to Murphy’s Brewery/Heineken. The gate is locked and the steps up to the shrine are very overgrown with weeds.

Soon after photographing the plaque some weeks ago, I spotted a blog on Liminal Entwinings about the well which is accessed from Richmond Hill. The well is also in a poor state of repair and generally untended. 

With the current anti-clerical and anti-religious sentiment, I’m not sure any organisation would now like to be associated with repairing or upgrading a Holy Well.

A pity that it has been allowed to fall into such a state.