Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Castle Eve, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castle Eve
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobernagibboge
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernagibboge
- Coordinates
- 52.54174, -7.33565
- SMR number
- KK027-023----
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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
Located c. 10m E of a meandering stream, in rough grazing. The OS Letters (1839) describe this holy well as, 'Tobar na nGiobog, i.e., the Well of the Rags, from the quantity of rags left there formerly and still by its votaries' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 58 (19)). Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 330) also mentions the 'well of the Rags, from the ex-votos of linen and cloth &c. which used formerly to be hung on a tree growing over it'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 May 2022
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.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.