What is recorded here

Indicated is a well within the bawn of a castle in County Longford, Ireland. During a 1641 attack, rebels seized the castle well and its water, forcing the defenders to dig forty feet deep in the bawn until they recovered water that refreshed them. The hole may still be the indicated well on later maps, marking the moment desperation turned into survival.

Within the bawn (LF008-012003-) associated with the castle (LF008-012001-). The 1641 depositions record that during an attack by Irish rebels, 'the Rebells surprised and tooke from the Castle the well and all the water belonging to it' (TCD, MS 817, fol. 178r). Following this the people inside the castle dug 'a hole 40 foote [c. 12m] deepe in the bawne of the Castle & recouered water which refreshed them much' (ibid., fol. 178v). This well may be that indicated on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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