Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39706, -6.24385
- SMR number
- DU014-057004-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Locally known as 'St. Pappin's Well. Described by Ó Danachair (1958, 78-9) as; 'in a private garden just outside the grounds of the C. of I. church of Santry. The well is below ground level and reached by a flight of steps. No devotions now, but still known as a holy well'.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 14 April 2023
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.