St. Berrihert’s Holy Well

St Berrihert is the saint associated with the holy well at Ardane, in the Glen of Aherlow near Bansha, County Tipperary. According to the tradition recorded for the site, he came to the Glen after the Synod of Whitby in 664, and some biographies make him a brother of Gerald of Mayo. His feast is kept on 18 February, and the well is marked by a pattern day on that date. The well was recorded in...