Water Within Irish Mythology

This week I want to speak about water within Irish mythology. Water was seen as a fluid that contained knowledge and wisdom, in particular anything to do with naturally occurring wells or springs. In the area around the Schleibmish Mountains in Kerry called Gloundnegelt people with mental illness would travel to this area because they claimed that one particular spring or well would cure their mental illness. People lived there for thousands of years before scientists studied the water.