Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Coolrus, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolrus
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Patricks Well (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.44568, -8.71134
- SMR number
- LI038-092----
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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)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S side of stream. Spring enclosed by surround surmounted by a statue of St Patrick, both of recent origin. 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) well blessed by St Patrick and 'rounds were still made by a few on 17th March … water cures eyes'.
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
- Enclosureunder 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.