What is recorded here

Baghuleesa Well hides in Cork pasture under a name meaning Christ's staff, yet no church claim survives there now. People still walked rounds beside its low stone wall, especially on Good Friday, and some drank for stomach upsets or sore eyes. The water flows north from an east-west trench while brambles choke the margin, keeping the well half-hidden from the road and half-given to memory.

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Spring well, enclosed by low stone walling E->W from which stream flows to N; heavily overgrown. Not in holy use; according to landowner, it was visited in May and cured stomach upsets and sore eyes. According to Dunworth (1989, 56), 'rounds' were paid all year round especially on Good Friday. Name derives from the 'Bachall Íosa, Christ's staff' which was reputedly given to St Patrick by Christ and became one of the validating insignia of the Archbishops of Armagh (Harbison 1991, 56, 159). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Linked to a local tradition of healing stomach ailments, the well was historically visited in May, though it is no longer in active use. Its name may derive from "Baghuleesa," possibly a regional or forgotten saint or spirit associated with health and water cures.

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