Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Corraun, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corraun
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.92136, -7.51473
- SMR number
- LA022-019006-
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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
St. Canice's Well, also known as Kenny's Well, was situated 180m SW of Aghaboe Abbey (LA022-019001-) in the Pigeon park a little to the rear of Bolger's house (Carrigan 1905, vol 2, 47). It is now infilled almost 100 years ago (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 47). No visible surface remains. Described in 1796 by Ledwich in his Statistical Account of Aghaboe that 'I have constantly seen, while resident in Aghaboe, pedlars lay down their packs, and with others come to St. Canice's well, which was in my Orchard, and their perform their devotions' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 47). About 1820 a drain was run from the Pond, into the stream passing by the adjacent schoolhouse, and the hollow being then filled up, every trace of Kenny's holy well was obliterated (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 47).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.