Holy well in Ballyda, County Kilkenny

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What is recorded here

According to O’Kelly (1969, 180) in Ballyda townland, ‘There was also a St. Michael’s (Mickle’s) Well’. This is not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or on the 1947 revision. The location of this holy well within the townland is unknown.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK023-103

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