The holy well: St. Fineen's--Gougaune, Barra, Ireland – Historic Reproduction
![The holy well: St. Fineen's--Gougaune, Barra, Ireland, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4e/4ee90d546efe-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures The holy well: St. Fineen's--Gougaune, Barra, Ireland in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The holy well: St. Fineen's--Gougaune, Barra, Ireland
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Tucked into the mountains of West Cork, the holy well at Gougane Barra takes its setting from the lake where St. Finbarr, patron of Cork, is traditionally said to have founded a hermitage in the sixth century. Pilgrims have long visited the well and walked the sacred ground around the lake, a devotion that continued through the centuries when Catholic worship was restricted. The New York firm Currier & Ives produced many scenes of Irish landscape and religious life, likely for buyers with ties to Ireland. The title spells the saint's name as "Fineen," a local variant of Finbarr.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1910. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3087 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,266 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174693 |
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