Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballingaddy South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingaddy South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Bridgets Well (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.37610, -8.56663
- SMR number
- LI047-053----
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, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Toberreendoney "Lady's Well" and "St Bridget's Well" on 1840 map. "Three holy wells, not much frequented at present" OSNB. Two of the wells still exist, the third has been closed up. A vague tradition that there were four holy wells here. No names are remembered. Devotions have long since ceased'.
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
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.