{"id":1255,"date":"2024-12-03T17:08:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/?page_id=1255"},"modified":"2025-02-19T09:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:19:33","slug":"holy-wells","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/holy-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This publication is the result of a county wide survey undertaken in 2021 on behalf of Monaghan County Council\u2019s Heritage Office. Pat Reid (t\/a Wicklow Willow) was commissioned to undertake the production of a permanent database and inventory of known Holy Wells for the County of Monaghan, recording their associated saints, beliefs and practices, local knowledge of these wells, their current conditions and associated recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The information gathered as part of this report has been made available to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, the National Folklore Collection, the Heritage Council\u2019s HeritageMaps.ie and the report has now been made into a beautiful publication \u2013 the third in the Heritage Series.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/04\/HOLY-WELLS-REPORT-COMPLETE-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holy Wells Report (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/02\/Holy-Wells-of-Monaghan_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1950 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/02\/holy_well_bookcover.jpg\" alt=\"Holy Well Bookcover\" width=\"600\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/02\/holy_well_bookcover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/02\/holy_well_bookcover-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/02\/holy_well_bookcover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/02\/Holy-Wells-of-Monaghan_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holy Wells Of Monaghan Book (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This publication is the result of a county wide survey undertaken in 2021 on behalf of Monaghan County Council\u2019s Heritage Office. 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