Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyrooaun, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrooaun
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- WI045-021----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated holy well within the townland of Ballyrooaun. According to Lynch (1994, 637) the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 927: 46) recorded that there is ‘a small well on Ballyrooaun Farm, one mile west of Arklow that is called St Mary’s Well’.
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.
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