Johns Well, holy well in County Limerick

What is recorded here

In wooded area, on NW-facing marshy slope. Spring well consists of a muddy pool of water (1.6m N-S; 2m E-W) with large ash tree overhanging at SE verge. A small boulder partially blocks well outlet at N creating drinking area for cattle (D 0.3m). Ash tree was noted in 1840 when well described as ''reputed holy' (OSL, vol. 2, 25); no devotions noted at well in 1950s (Ó Danachair 1955, 204). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00383 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24527; F025.21.00382 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17057 and F025.21.00384 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24528.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI029-112

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
SteveODowd, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Harold Strong, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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