What is recorded here

Indicated is a holy well north of Conahy chapel in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where people once pilgrimaged. It appeared on the 1839 map but vanished from the 1947 revision, suggesting the water, devotion or both withdrew before modern measurement. The stream still runs past the old church and graveyard, carrying what the land stopped naming.

According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 194), there is, 'a well, reputed holy, a little to the north of Conahy chapel. People used to pilgrim around it formerly'. This reference may refer to a well which is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map, c. 190m NW of Connahy R. C. chapel, with a stream running SE and then S past the former church (KK010-058001-) and graveyard (KK010-058002-), which lies c. 160m S of the well. It is not indicated on the 1947 OS 6-inch revision. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 January 2019

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