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Kildare is part of an area of Ireland where underlying rock formations have produced warm springs, recording temperatures of 17 to 24 degrees Celsius. So, we have sayings like \u2018founts of inspiration\u2019 or \u2018founts of knowledge\u2019, from the Latin for spring fons. As well as symbolising the human imagination, their purity and their undiluted mineral contents were, from a very early period, seen as therapeutic: a holistic healing of mind and body. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>The publication describes the method by which the researchers collected and analysed data on the Holy Wells of Kildare in 2021. Then some facts and figures about the wells in 2021, for example how many still exist, are they accessible to the public and are they maintained. A survey of saints\u2019 names associated with wells leads into a section of the meaning of the wells over roughly three historical periods.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>The final section considers the decline of holy well worship through the nineteenth century and examines the place of those wells still active in the twenty-first century with particular emphasis on Kildare\u2019s most famous well, Father Moore\u2019s.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>An appended Gazetteer provides details for each of the wells surveyed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26570,"template":"","class_list":["post-26569","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Holy Wells of County Kildare- Publication - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2020 a survey of Holy Wells of County Kildare was undertaken and in 2022 Brian Cregan was commissioned to photograph the remaining wells.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-holy-wells-of-county-kildare-publication\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Holy Wells of County Kildare- Publication - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2020 a survey of Holy Wells of County Kildare was undertaken and in 2022 Brian Cregan was commissioned to photograph the remaining wells. 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