What is recorded here

Indicated is a disused well on a Kildare roadside, named St. Brigid's on a 1939 map yet stripped of tradition by later accounts. An old man once pointed to it near an ancient Liffey ford, suggesting the water served travellers crossing that shallow place. The roadside setting and forgotten name preserve more life than a grand shrine would, because they admit the well may have been useful rather than holy.

Located on the roadside and named 'St. Brigid's' on the current (1939) ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but according to Jackson (1979-80, 148), the well was not associated with any pattern or tradition, and is overgrown and disused. A second, anonymous, source (JKAS 1899-1902, 269) records that an old man pointed out St Brigid's Well 'close to the spot where the ancient ford (KD014-055----) crossed the Liffey' . Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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