{"id":791,"date":"2022-08-11T14:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/?p=791"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:53:19","slug":"episode-3-the-patterns-of-holy-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-3-the-patterns-of-holy-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 3 &#8211; The Patterns of Holy Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage Officer Shirley Clerkin is joined by local heritage experts Mary Kerley and Paddy Sherry for a walk to a holy well in the townland of Aghavilla or\u00a0<em>Achadh an Bhile<\/em>\u00a0(the field of the sacred tree), where they talk about the traditions and patterns associated with these venerated sources of water.<\/p>\n<p>Music \u2013\u00a0<em>Landmark<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Seed in March<\/em>\u00a0by Michael Gallen<\/p>\n<p>Recording and editing \u2013 Noel Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Funding \u2013 Podcast is funded by the Heritage Council and Monaghan County Council.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-791-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Holy%20Wells%20Programme.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Holy%20Wells%20Programme.mp3\">https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Holy%20Wells%20Programme.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heritage Officer Shirley Clerkin is joined by local heritage experts Mary Kerley and Paddy Sherry for a walk to a holy well in the townland of Aghavilla or\u00a0Achadh an Bhile\u00a0(the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Episode 3 - The Patterns of Holy Wells - Heritage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-3-the-patterns-of-holy-wells\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Episode 3 - The Patterns of Holy Wells - Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heritage Officer Shirley Clerkin is joined by local heritage experts Mary Kerley and Paddy Sherry for a walk to a holy well in the townland of Aghavilla or\u00a0Achadh an Bhile\u00a0(the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-3-the-patterns-of-holy-wells\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-11T13:23:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T15:53:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"niamhmurray\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"niamhmurray\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-3-the-patterns-of-holy-wells\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-3-the-patterns-of-holy-wells\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"niamhmurray\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/#\/schema\/person\/d3d54d769b3e6770988280355a8454df\"},\"headline\":\"Episode 3 &#8211; 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