Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Baurnagurrahy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baurnagurrahy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Paradise Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Paradise Well (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.35086, -8.29253
- SMR number
- LI057-014----
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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, 208) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Paradise Well on 1840 map. A small well on the edge of a small ring-fort, surrounded by thorn trees. Rounds were made up to about 1930, especially for the cure of sore eyes. The cloth used to bathe the eyes was left on the bushes as an offering. Paradise appears to be a place name unconnected with the well. Legends: The well moved when profaned. Heavenly music was heard in the vicinity of the well'.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.