Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Shangarry, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shangarry
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.44101, -9.08083
- SMR number
- LI036-060002-
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
In enclosed landscaped area, in NE quadrant of ringfort (LI036-06001-). Circular modern stone wall (diam. 1.05m) encloses well head with outflow on E side. A concrete statue of St Brighit stands beside the well. According to Ó Danachair (1955, 212) rounds made on 1st February and 'a pattern was held formerly on this day … legend: Saint Brighid converted a pagan chieftan who lived in the fort, and caused a well to spring up for baptism.'
See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1955 The Holy Wells of County Limerick Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 85, 193-217
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.