What is recorded here
Two holy wells in Ballinvally, County Carlow, as O'Toole recorded in 1938. They are ritual places, the kind where water does more than quench thirst. People may have drunk, washed, prayed or left small offerings there. The townland kept both wells alive in memory long after the edge of the field blurred.
According to O'Toole (1938, 9), there are two holy wells in this townland, probably those referred to at CW017-043----.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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