Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Bruree, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bruree
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1924)
- Coordinates
- 52.42417, -8.66123
- SMR number
- LI039-114----
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, 204) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'St Munchin's Well on 1889 25-inch O.S map. In Bruree village, behind the old village pump. No devotions now, but rounds were made within living memory. The water cured bad stomach and sore eyes. Legends: The well moved when desecrated. The saint caused the well to spring up when refused a drink'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 02 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
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.