Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Garravlagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garravlagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA101-083----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The 1838 OS Letters record a holy well in Garbhlagh townland as follows: 'There is a well called Cloona-gcross Holy Well on the lands of Garbhlagh on Lord Sligo's Estate, at which is a remarkable stone, it is said with a hole made in one end of it. There was a Patron held here formerly on Garland Sunday, Domhnach Croim Duibh.' (O’Flanagan 1927). The precise location of this well is unknown.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 February 2023
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Mayo collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.