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Holy well in Cashelard

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Unlocated holy well dedicated to St. Coulmbkille within the townland of Cashelard. Described in the 1937/8 Schools Folklore Commission as 'There is a little well at the top of Caheland [Cashelard] Mountain just beside the lough - the well is called St. Columba's Well and the lough St. Columba's Lough or Lough Columbkille' (Reel 241 v1032 p476). 'There is another holy well on a rock behind Casheland [Cashelard] Chapel' (Reel 241 v1032 p477). Listed by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as well no. 9 (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 145). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 05 January 2012

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The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.