Holy well in Ballymacsimon, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Unlocated holy well within this townland. The well was described in the 1838-40 OS letters as ‘a holy well called Coffey’s Well, supposed to be so called from a man of that name having lived near it. It is still visited by those afflicted with the headache, ague, pains of the limbs, etc. , as the quantity of rags on the thorn over it testifies. There was a Patron held here on the 8th day of September, but not within the last fifty years’ (O’Flanagan 1928, 120).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI024-014

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