Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Brabstown (crannagh By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brabstown (crannagh By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.65828, -7.39808
- SMR number
- KK018-038001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This holy well is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. According to Hogan (1860-1, 358) it, 'gushes from under an aged ash'. A pattern was formerly held there on the 15th of August (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 497).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 July 2020
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Hogan, J. 1860-61 Topographical and historical illustrations of the suburbs of Kilkenny. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 6, 335-87.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.