
What is recorded here
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Ladys Well in Caherea is traditionally associated with a local saint or holy woman, though specific details are not well documented. Holy wells like this were often sites of pilgrimage and healing rituals in pre-modern Ireland, with offerings and prayers made for cures and blessings.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Glebe Houserectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 1.6 mi
Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.6 mi
Cragbrien Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.2 mi
Dangan Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.8 mi
Gull RockNamed rock · 3.6 mi
Abbey WoodForest · 4.6 mi
Poul na gollorCave · 5.1 miOther information
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