Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Maudlintown (forth By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maudlintown (forth By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Mary Magdalenes Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Mary Magdalenes Well
- Coordinates
- 52.32844, -6.44875
- SMR number
- WX037-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic script as St. Mary Magdalene’s Well on both, with the additional information ‘Site of’ on the later map. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the a pattern was held at the well on July 22nd until c. 1790 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 376). It is situated on a slight NE-facing slope and is located in the garden of a house, but it is not visible at ground level. Maudlintown church (WX037-041001-) is c. 150m to the SW.
St. Mary Magdalene, the penitent, is recorded in the Gospels. Her repentance at the feet of Christ led to her becoming an ardent disciple. She was with Mary at the Crucifixion, and was the first to encounter the risen Christ. (Butler, 1883, 102)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 December, 2012
Amended: 14 January, 2014
References
Butler, Rev. A. 1883 Lives of the Saints. J. S. Virtue London and Dublin, Reprint (1990) London. Studio Editions (Abridged)
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.