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Ritual site - holy well

Corraun, County Laois, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Corraun, County Laois, 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
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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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

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

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

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