Ballyda

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Built heritage

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Well and shrine at Lady's Well in Ballyda
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Pattern day at Lady's Well in 2023

Evidence of ancient settlement within Ballyda townland includes a number of ring ditch and enclosure sites.[4]

There is also a holy well site in the townland.[5] This well, known as Lady's Well (Template:Langx),[6] is included in the Record of Monuments and Places as record number "KK023-075----".[5] As of the late 20th century, a pattern was still celebrated at this well on 15 August each year, to mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.[6] Several folkloric tales about Lady's Well are recorded in the Dúchas.ie "Schools' Collection". These include a number of stories which refer to apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the well.[7][8][9] Several stories reflect common themes in the folklore of holy wells generally,[10] such as that water collected from the well will not boil or that stones in the well are spotted with blood.[7][9][11] The origin of the blood at Lady's Well is given as coming from a priest who was killed there by soldiers while saying mass.[12] One folktale tells of a woman whose eyes were cured after bathing her eyes in the well's water.[7][13]

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