Holy well in Ardea, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a N-facing slope with views N over Kenmare Bay. In the 1930s Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded this spring well as a holy well known as 'Tobarín Mhuire' and noted that its water cured ills, particularly toothache (KAS). It is no longer in use. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE100-026

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