Chibbyr Vreeshey: St. Bridget's Well at The Nunnery

The story of the holy well now almost forgotten and hidden in weeds on the edge of Douglas:
Chibbyr Vreeshey / St. Bridget's Well at the Nunnery.
Dedicated to St. Bridget/Breeshey/Bride, this spring connects the Isle of Man to one of the most important saints in the Celtic world, pointing back to the belief that Breeshey herself came to the Isle of Man and founded the Nunnery.
This well dedicated to her was held in reverence for centuries, with people coming to take the water in the hope of receiving miraculous cures for their ailments.
As with other sites like this around the Isle of Man, this chibbyr is also associated with Themselves (the Mooinjer Veggey, the "fairies"), with their music often being heard here at night, and they were known to take vengeance on people who displeased them, like Old Mary...
Gura mie ayd, David Radcliffe, for showing us this Holy Well.
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[@TheDizastarmaster]

I live in Lhanbryde Scotland named for St Bridget

[@carlykatleson]

Who's the man being interviewed? He seems so knowledgable, and I really enjoyed this video. I find the Nunnery to be an especially interesting Manx historical site (though I've never visited it), I think because it can be so hard to find many significant women in certain periods of history. The Nunnery, and the tradition of Brigid there, suggests that there was a group of socially-important women there for a long while! I'd love to find this well someday; is it publicly accessible?

[@culturevannin8486]

Gura mie ayd for your kind comments - we're delighted you enjoyed it! David Radcliffe is a great authority on The Nunnery and we were delighted that he was willing to give his time to make this film. We failed to mention his name in the blurb here, but we've now corrected that omission.

[@Pommit]

People go dog walking the meadow all the time. The well is just on the side of the meadow and easy to get to

[@carlykatleson]

@@culturevannin8486 Thanks so much! You all really are such a priceless resource. Thanks for giving people like Mr Radcliffe here a(nother) platform.

[@davidradcliffe63]

@@carlykatleson Thanks Katie for your kind words. David Radcliffe