Holy well in Donaghmore, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In outcropping rock, on a steep SW-facing slope, c. 50m NE of the shoreline. Two irregularly shaped hollows (0.72m x 0.8m; D 0.42m and 1.25m x 1.15m; D 0.35m, respectively) in the rock are filled with water. According to local information, there is a local tradition of monks walking across the hill to collect water from the well. In the 1940s it was recorded as a spa or holy well which was much frequented (ITA). Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO136-112

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