What is recorded here
In 1601 Hugh O'Neill on his march from the North of Ireland to Kinsale, Co. Cork, on his journey he camped in Glenleitir Valley in the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Not far from the source of the Silver River there is a well known as Hugh O'Neill's Well, this natural spring well may have provided water for Hugh O'Neill's encampment.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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