Ladys Well in Coolstuff, holy well in County Wexford

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Marked on the 1839 and 1925 Eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well on both. It is situated on an E and NE-facing slope with the headwaters of a SW-NE stream c. 80m to the SE. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was held on the 15th August, the Feast of the Assumption, every year (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 363). There is no visible evidence of the well in a pasture field. The church (WX041-010001-) is c. 60m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 March, 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX041-011

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