Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Boggan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boggan
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KK017-008----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 498), in Boggan townland, 'there is a well called Tubber na Cruchthanee, or, as the old people explain the name, Well of the Holy Cross'. O'Kelly (1985, 28) also mentions this well, calling it, 'Tobar na Croiche Naoi (Naofa), holy cross well' and adds that, 'local inhabitants say "there are three holy wells in Boggan". The precise location of the Holy Cross well is unknown within the townland.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 May 2020
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.