2004, 52 minutes. TG4

Every year many thousands of people visit Holy Wells around Ireland. Some are large national gatherings and others small and very local. People visit these wells for a variety of reasons – some because it’s tradition, just as their parents and grandparents did before them while others go in times of need, searching for comfort or cures. This film visits some extraordinary locations, recording a living tradition that predates the arrival of Christianity on this island. On our journey we drop in on many interesting places and characters finding out what cures or other benefits they find and get a sense of what role Holy Wells have in modern Ireland.

In Association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board