Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Corker, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corker
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermacduagh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermacduagh
- Coordinates
- 53.11482, -8.80285
- SMR number
- GA114-057003-
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
Some 50m to the S of a possible rath (GA114-057001-). Known locally as the birthplace of St Colman, this spring well is enclosed by a well-preserved ornate octagonal concrete well house which was built in 1912. The entrance is at N. A cross which was erected in 1901 lies immediately to its W. It marks the spot where St Colman was born and where subsequently his mother St Rioneach was buried. A pattern is held here on
October 20th each year. A ruined building (GA114-057005-) lies c. 90m to the WNW. (Fahey 1893, 50-51, 112; Long 1978, 12-13)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 30 January 2020
References
Long, B. 1978 St. Colman's Well. Guaíre, no. 1. Privately published.
Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.