Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilbride (kilcoursey By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbride (kilcoursey By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- OF008-053----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated holy well within the townland of Kilbride, described in the OS Letters of 1840 as a well dedicated to St. Brigid and 'Saint Brigid's well in Kilbride and Kilcoursie - noticed in the Down Survey (1655-6) (O'Flanagan 1927, vol. 1, 48).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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