Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballinastoe, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinastoe
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WI012-071----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated holy well within the townland of Ballinastoe. According to Lynch (1994, 638) there is a holy well dedicated to St Kevin in the townland of Ballinastoe that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 918: 24; /34; IFC S 946: 61-2). The folklore manuscripts recorded that the ‘well believed to be on the site of an old graveyard, blessed by St Kevin. Cure for sore eyes’ (Lynch 1994, 638).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 January 2013
References
Lynch, G. 1994 The holy wells of county Wicklow: traditions and legends. In K. Hannigan and W. Nolan (eds), Wicklow history and society, 625-48. Dublin. Geography Publications.