When St. Patrick came to Ireland he baptised multitudes of people using water. The water gave them a new life, that of Christianity. Whatever pagan rites or beliefs there had been were assumed into the new dispensation. During Mass water was drunk by the celebrant. This water was taken from its purest source, and so, wells took on a new and spiritual dimension. In the Island of Saints and Scholars these wells proliferated and were often sited near old churches and monasteries. The maps drawn by the Ordnance Survey teams in the 1830's are dotted with Holy Wells all over the country which are called after St. Patrick or St. Brigid or other local saints. Such a well, named after our national apostle, exists in the town of Blessington.
St. Patrick's Well was a water supply for the town in the 19th century. The surrounding area, known as Millbank, has an abandoned roadway, which originally led to a corn mill and Blessington Bridge over the Liffey, both of which were submerged when the Poulaphouca Reservoir was created
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