Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Baile An ístínigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An ístínigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermartin
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermartin
- Coordinates
- 52.14089, -10.20470
- SMR number
- KE043-246----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Tobermartin/Tobar Mártain: The site of this well is marked by a waterlogged hollow in a marshy field. Rounds were made here on Easter Sunday and St. Martin's Day (11th November), and there is a tradition of a pattern in former times, with games, dancing etc. (An Seabhac 1939, 148; Ó Danachair 1960, 71).
See attached photographs of Tobermartin, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00302 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16886; F025.18.00303 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31337.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 914. 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: 25 April 2022
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Seabhac, An. 1939 Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne. Dublin.
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