Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyelan, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyelan
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Patricks Well (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.44801, -8.82060
- SMR number
- LI038-011----
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
On S side of road. Spring enclosed by recent surround surmounted by statue of St Patrick. Still venerated, with a variety of devotionalia hung about the surround as well as coins dropped into the water. According to Ó Danachair (1955, 204) devotions performed at the well on 17th March 'when there is a procession and public prayers'.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.