Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Derrigimlagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrigimlagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.43551, -10.07966
- SMR number
- GA049-020----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On E face of a small scarp on Daily Hill, 0.5km NW of Ballyconneely. A wet hollow among stones is all that marks this 'unfinished' holy well which is associated with St Caíllín. According to local tradition, the saint, having left Errislannan, stopped here but, on hearing St Flannan's bell, realised he hadn't gone far enough and moved on toward Slyne Head where his real well is to be found (GA048-012----) (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.