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Ritual site - holy well

Kilrodane, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kilrodane, County Limerick, 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
Kilrodane
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.48099, -9.06399
SMR number
LI028-131003-

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

Holy well located in field to S of St. Rodan's church site (LI028-131001-) and levelled graveyard (LI028-131002-). Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as 'there was a little church and burial ground dedicated to St. Rodan, but both have been destroyed and the spot which they occupied is now part of a meadow' (ibid.).
The following folklore was recorded from Ardagh National School about Kilrodane Well; 'In former times there was a church-yard and also a well in Kilrodane. The remains of them are still to be seen in Mr. Hogan's land' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 174; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921957/4913310/4935463).

See attached photo taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00309 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17035.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 1 October 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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