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Outlined — Ballyvouden

Holy well

Why this matters

St Patrick's Well in Ballyvouden is traditionally associated with St Patrick, and like many wells linked to the patron saint, it may have been a site of early Christian pilgrimage or local devotion. The lack of Gothic features or other physical evidence suggests that any ritual use may have been informal or absorbed into agricultural practices over time.

What is recorded here

Ó Danachair (1955, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'St Patrick's Well (not in Gothic) on revised 6-inch survey. A good spring, surrounded by a wall, with a cattle drinking trough. No evidence of devotion'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 July 2019
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