Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Bush (forth By., Rosslare Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bush (forth By., Rosslare Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Michaels Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Michaels Well
- Coordinates
- 52.26019, -6.40919
- SMR number
- WX048-005----
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
A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described in gothic lettering as St. Michael’s Well on both. It is located on a level, low-lying landscape, c. 40m SW of the perimeter of the graveyard (WX048-003002-). According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was held on 29 September until it was suppressed c. 1830 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 278-9). There is no evidence of the well now, and the location has been built over. According to Christian tradition as revealed in the Book of Revelation St. Michael the Archangel defeated the forces of evil and banished Lucifer from Heaven. Devotion to St. Michael developed in the 4th century as the leader of the army of the righteous and was widespread in Europe by the 6th century. For St. Michael see this web-page accessed on 5 December, 2013 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(archangel)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 January, 2014
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.