Holy well in Faithlegg

John O'Donovan identified St. Lawrence's well in the NE area of Faithlegg townland c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1929, 3-4), and the name was known to Power (1906a, 29), but the well cannot be located now. O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Power, Rev. P. (1906a) The place-names of the Decies WAJ 9, 12-39, 80-106, 154-70, 228-65. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November 2010

Linked to St. Lawrence, the well was traditionally associated with healing and was known in historical records as a site of local veneration. It was likely used for ritual washing or drinking for ailments, though its exact location is now lost.