What is recorded here

Spa Well in County Cork is a chalybeate spring visited by many people, though never clearly recorded as a holy well. One old claim insists druids kept a sanctuary there before Christian times, giving the water a sudden depth of age and ceremony. A stone marked Dr. John Creagh 1780 still stands above it, tying the place to a named human hand rather than mystery alone. The well may have been medicine, memory or both, but it is no longer a hidden thing; it is a small public marker of continuity.

The only evidence that the chalybeate spring known as the Spa Well may have been a holy well is from Jones in Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 106) who says it was venerated from pre patrician times and that druids had a sanctuary there. O'Reilly (1987, 131) says it was not known as a holy well although visited by many people. A stone which was erected over the well had the following inscription: 'Dr. John Creagh 1780' (ibid.). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC. Date of upload: 12 January 2010

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