Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Deebert, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deebert
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberreendoney
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberreendoney (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.40068, -8.56263
- SMR number
- LI047-024----
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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, 213) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Toberreendoney on 1840 map. A circular stone-lined well, on the roadside. Over it is a small statue of Our Lady in a small wooden niche, and a rough wooden cross. Devotions are still made, but not as often as formerly. The water cures sore eyes. Usually said to be dedicated to Our Lady. Legends: A trout is seen in well by those cured of eye ailments. A black dog appeared here, hence the local name "The Black Dog'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 03 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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.