Two Celtic Lands, Two Celtic Saints

Last week saw a gathering at St Non’s Well on a remote part of the Pembrokeshire coast to witness a water ritual on the Feast Day of St Aiden. St Aiden, known in Pembrokeshire as St Madoc, founded the church at Haroldston West in 583 AD when he came to Wales from Ferns in Ireland as a disciple of St David. In later life, he returned to become the first Bishop of Ferns in County Wexford.

David Pepper pours St Mogue’s Holy Water into St Non’s Well watched by pilgrim and artist, Merran Coleman.

Holy water was gathered from St Mogue’s Holy Well in Ferns, Ireland (St Mogue is another name for St Aiden) on Sunday, 29 January 2023 and transported back to St Non’s by Iain Tweedale of Journeying. The water ritual on the following Tuesday celebrated the friendship of St David and St Aidan and reconnected the Wexford-Pembrokeshire Pilgrim Way.