Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Baile An Fheirtéaraigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Fheirtéaraigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Brendans Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Brendans Well
- Coordinates
- 52.16309, -10.41127
- SMR number
- KE042-087----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
St. Brendan's Well/Tobar Bhréanainn: A spring well located on the N slopes of Croaghmarhin. Described by Ó Danachair (1960, 73) as a 'spring well on the hill slope above the village of Ballyferriter, now forming part of the village water supply. Known to have been a holy well, but no other tradition survives'.
See attached photograph of St. Brendan's Well, Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry, taken by Carl W. von Sydow courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00012 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16765.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 920. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 13 April 2022
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
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