What is recorded here

Indicated is a vanished well beside Rath na Gréine in County Limerick, recorded in 1840 and gone by 1943. It may still lie hidden near the Camoge River, giving water to the fort that bore the sun's name.

Described in 1840 as following; 'There are five forts in Ballyea Townland, one of which is called Rath na Gréine (LI022-139----), which signifies the Rath of the Sun. Here is a spring well called Tobar Rath na Gréine, that is the Well of the Rath' (OSL, Parish of Fedamore). Site of well described in 1943 as following; 'O'Donovan mentions a well called Tobar Ratha na Gréine, which, he says, stood beside a fort called Rath na Gréine. The fort exists, but the well has disappeared' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 222). Well depicted on 25-inch OS map 30m S of ringfort (LI022-139----) known as 'Rath na Gréine' and immediately N of the Camoge River is probably the site of the well called 'Tobar Ratha na Gréine'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 February 2020

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