Holy well in Shaen, County Laois

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What is recorded here

When Sir Charles Coote wrote his 'General View of Agriculture and Manufactures of the Queen's County' in 1801, there was a famous well in the parish of Straboe, however by by the late 1830's John O'Donovan was unable to find any trace of this well within the parish of Straboe.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA008-030

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