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Ritual site - holy well

Tullamaine (Ashbrook), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Tullamaine (Ashbrook), County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tullamaine (Ashbrook)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Holy Well
Latest-edition OS map
Holy Well
Coordinates
52.56337, -7.35681
SMR number
KK022-027004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In a band of trees on the W bank of meandering stream called the Craosóg (O'Kelly 1969, 192). The OS Letters (1839) mentions, 'a holy well here called Tubber Maoin or Maon's Well, having a very large ash tree growing near it. It is not now visited for any devotional purposes' (O'Flanagan 1839, vol. 2, 55-6 (19)). Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 321) also refers to, 'the holy well now called "Tullamaine well.", which is, 'shaded by a venerable ash'. He relates that, 'The Irish name of the holy well of Tullamaine is now pronounced Thubbervweenia (Tiobar-Mhaighne), that is, Maighin Well. A pattern was formerly held at the well on January 21st' (ibid. 322).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 25 May 2021

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.

O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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