Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dulick, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dulick
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberinneenboy
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Josephs Well (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.86176, -8.97674
- SMR number
- CL033-039002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the S edge of the Lough Girroga basin. The well is circular (diam. 1.25m) and open to the W with four steps leading to the water, two of which are rock-cut. The well is within a rectangular enclosure (dims. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) with mature trees. A path leads to the well along the W side of the enclosure past four statues under their own canopies. It was originally dedicated to Iníne Baoith, and was resorted to for the cure of headaches. (Lenihan 1994, 44-5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 May 2016
References
Lenihan, E. 1994 The holy wells of Doora-Barefield parish. The Other Clare 18, 43-48.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.