Struell Wells

Struell Wells (Irish: Toibreacha an tSruthail; Ulster-Scots: Struell Waals)^[1] are a set of four holy wells in the townland of Struell, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland (grid ref: J513442).^[2] The wells date from before the time of Saint Patrick, and even today are used for people seeking cures. On Mid-Summer Eve (Saint John's Eve) and the Friday before Lammas, hundreds of pilgrims used to visit Struell.^[3] The earliest written reference to the wells is in 1306 when a chapel was recorded on the site,^[4] but none of the surviving buildings is earlier than about 1600. Pilgrimages to the site are well documented from the 16th century to the 19th century.^[2] The site is managed by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.^[5]

^ Inch Abbey – Ulster-Scots translation Archived 25 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine DOE. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. 113–114.
^ Donnelly, JP & Donnelly, MM (1980). Downpatrick and Lecale. A Short Historical Guide. pp. 42–43.
^ Meehan, Cary (2004). Sacred Ireland. Somerset: Gothic Image Publications. p. 211. ISBN 0 906362 43 1.
^ "Historic wells drying up". Saoirse32 (19 February 2006). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2008.

[1] Inch Abbey – Ulster-Scots translation Archived 25 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine DOE. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[DOE-2] Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. 113–114.

[DD-3] Donnelly, JP & Donnelly, MM (1980). Downpatrick and Lecale. A Short Historical Guide. pp. 42–43.

[4] Meehan, Cary (2004). Sacred Ireland. Somerset: Gothic Image Publications. p. 211. ISBN 0 906362 43 1.

[SA-5] "Historic wells drying up". Saoirse32 (19 February 2006). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2008.

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