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Lady Well in Balcunnin

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Located on the grounds of a farm house close to a stream. It is an enclosed spring well with a dry stone walled entrance passage (L. 6m). Venerated in living memory. Pattern day on May 1st. (Healy 1975, 18; Ó Danachair 1958, 73). Known locally as Lady Well (Skyvova 2005, 44). See attached photos taken by Caoimhín Ó…

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Located on the grounds of a farm house close to a stream. It is an enclosed spring well with a dry stone walled entrance passage (L. 6m). Venerated in living memory. Pattern day on May 1st. (Healy 1975, 18; Ó Danachair 1958, 73). Known locally as Lady Well (Skyvova 2005, 44). See attached photos taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00042 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16622; F024.06.00043 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/34330; F024.06.00044 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/34331 and F024.06.00045 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/34332.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU005-036

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Cathalgibbons, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • jai, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Broderick Mark, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dublinlive.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Chris Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • PST Sport project photograph; individual photographer not stated, pstsport.com
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