Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilmoylan Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmoylan Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rag Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rag Well (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.59836, -8.24577
- SMR number
- LI016-010----
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
Ó Danachair (1955, 205-6) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Rag Well on 1840 map. This is not a well proper, but a large bullaun, ten inches [0.25m) in diameter and five inches (0.12m) deep in a rock which protrudes from beneath the roots of a large oak. No devotions now, but known as a holy well. The water cures ailments, especially warts. Formerly called Tobar na gCeartach, (Rag well) from the number of rags hung on the tree. Said to be dedicated to Our Lady'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 01 July 2019
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1955 The Holy Wells of County Limerick Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 85, 193-217
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- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.