St. Cormac
Cormac UA LIATHAN described by St. Adamnan as a soldier of Christ was certainly a holy man. He was a priest from Munster who succeeded St. Columcille as Abbot of Durrow and later laboured with him in the conversion of Scotland. Afterwards, he sought a desert island in the ocean, a place of solitude in the pathless sea where he intended to live as a hermit. He made three extensive and perilous voyages, the last in which he narrowly escaped death in the Artic.
St. Cormac’s Well
The traditional prayers said while kneeling at St. Cormac’s Well and known as ‘St. Cormac’s Station’ are: The Sign of the Cross, The Creed, The Pater, The Ave and The Gloria. Then, while walking clockwise around it, the prayer, “St Cormac pray for me, and ask the Father, in the name of Jesus, to hear my prayers and grant me my request. Amen”. The request is then made. These prayers and actions are repeated three times in all to complete the Station.
The first station is a tall stone beside the board. The second station is at the back of the well. Continue in a clockwise direction around the site to complete the Stations of the Cross.
