Newcastle Farm

St Finian's Holy Well

The ancient well in Newcastle Farm townland is dedicated to St Finian of Clonard. Finian was known as "The teacher of the Saints of Ireland". This is a spring fed well, enclosed in a lintelled granite house. The well seems a little neglected. The water was flowing out from the well house, but this may be normal during the winter months. I don't know of any pattern being held here, and there were no votive offerings present during my visit. Locally there are a few stories about cures associated with the well.