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Wells in the Irish Dindsenchas

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O'Beirne Crowe, J. (1872), "Ancient Lake Legends of Ireland. No. II. The Vision of Cathair Mor, King of Leinster, and Afterwards Monarch of Ireland, Foreboding the Origin of Loch Garman (Wexford Haven)",
446:) the place of drowning is translated as the "well of Port Coelrenna", and the water is said to have burst forth as Garman was being drowned. Elsewhere the place is translated "fountain Caelrind". 893: 29:
give the physical origins, and etymological source of several bodies of water – in these myth poems the sources of rivers and lakes is sometimes given as being from magical wells.
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described the well, which he encountered in a trance, as being full of the "waters of emotion and passion, in which all purified souls are entangled".
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Ford, Patrick K. (1974), "The Well of Nechtan and "La Gloire Lumineuse"", in Larson, Gerald J.; Littleton, C. Scott; Puhvel, Jaan (eds.),
760: 137:– giving the river its name. Hazel trees, the nuts thereof which fall into the water and feed Salmon are also mention in Sinann II. 275: 223:) states that there is a tradition that the seven streams flowing from the well formed the rivers including the 1685: 859: 769: 370: 1609: 1302: 1342: 1078: 914: 459: 39:". It is also termed "The Well of Wisdom", or "The Well of Knowledge", and is the mythical source of the 78:
Some writers conflate both Nechtan's and Connla's well, making it the source of both Shannon and Boyne.
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means "forest"), from Boann's name in the otherwold, and the Boyne is also known as the
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as the source of the Sinann (Shannon). In (Sinann II) the well is referred to as
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The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland
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where the waters burst forth drowning him – hence giving the name of
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For sure, the immortal waters run through every wind that blows.
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From starry fruitage, waved aloft where Connla's Well o'erflows;
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And when the sun sets dimmed in eve, and purple fills the air,
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I think the sacred hazel-tree is dropping berries there,
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from which gushed forth every kind of mysterious evil.
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This well has also been referred to as 422:during the drinking during the feast of 181:they stand by the power of magic spells 88:, though this has also been rendered as 844:Royal Irish Academy Todd Lecture Series 504: 318:a secret well there was in his stead, 677: 443: 325:but his two bright eyes would burst: 665: 576: 511: 435: 337: 327:if he should move to left or right, 191: 174:rise from it, the seventh was Sinann. 16:Fountainheads in Hibernian folk tales 7: 426:. He is pursued to the mouth of the 346:This well is sometimes known as the 177:The nine hazels of Crimall the sage 170:was beneath the blue-skirted ocean: 454:Connla's Well is a common motif in 156:NĂłi cuill Chrimaill, ind fhir glic, 840:"The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 3" 721:. Park Street Press. p. 197. 183:under a darksome mist of wizardry. 168:Connla's well, loud was its sound, 14: 864:A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 514:, Sinann I & II, pp.286–297. 828:, no. 6, London: David Nut 808:, no. 4, London: David Nut 622:(1963), "Le puits de Nechtan", 606:Myth in Indo-European Antiquity 316:whose wife was Boand, I aver; 306:dia ngluased do chlĂ­ nĂł deis, 257:("secret well") located in the 367:Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 314:Nechtain son of bold Labraid 212:'s journey to the land of the 172:six streams, unequal in fame, 147:Tipra Chonnlai, ba mĂłr muirn, 1: 1691:Locations in Celtic mythology 458:, appearing, for example, in 293:Nechtain mac Labrada laind, 247:Another well is described in 149:bĂłi fon aibeis eochar-guirm: 141:Dindsenchas : Sinann II 373:) this well, as well as the 304:nach maided a dĂĄ rosc rĂĄn: 297:topur diamair bĂłi 'na dĂșn, 295:diarbo ben BĂłand, bĂĄgaimm, 158:dochuiret tall fon tiprait: 151:sĂ© srotha, nĂĄrb inann blad, 589:Monaghan, Patricia (2004), 579:, Boand I & II, pp.26-. 302:NĂ­ fhail nodĂ©cced dia lĂĄr 287:Dindsenchas : Boand I 204:) speculated that the name 162:fo cheĂł doirchi drĂĄidechta. 1707: 782:, e-text via CELT : 153:eisti, Sinann in sechtmad. 112:"well with flow unfailing" 1661: 1310: 866:, Oxford University Press 848:, e-text at CELT : 335: 308:nĂ­ thargad Ășad cen athis. 299:assa maided cech mĂ­-rĂșn. 194:, Sinann II, pp.292–293) 189: 776:(in Irish and English), 719:Women of the Golden Dawn 442:("port Coelrenna"). 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Index

Dindsenchas
Irish mythology
Celtic Otherworld
River Shannon
epithet
Dindsenchas
Boann
River Boyne
Loch Garman
Dindsenchas
son of Ler
Tuatha DĂ© Danann
Gwynn 1913
Meyer & Nutt 1895
Connla the Ruddy
Aos Si
O'Curry 1883
River Boyne
River Suir
River Barrow
River Slaney
Dindsenchas
Boann
Nechtan
Labraid
River Boyne
Gwynn 1913
James MacKillop
River Shannon
River Boyne

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