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Indicated — Stickillin

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Indicated — Stickillin
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Indicated on the 1938 'OS 6-inch' map. The OS Letters refer to a well SE of the old church (LH017-015001-) called Tober Phadraig. The same well seems to have been later called St. Brigid's Well (MacIvor 1956, 403). Tradition claims St. Patrick struck a spring beside the cave at Stickillin and that afterwards it was called Patrick's Stream (Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts 670, 12). It lies in a hollow on the slope of a low ridge and is circular and drystone lined (diam. 1.38m; D 1.68m). When inspected by ASI in 1966 it was almost dried up and an iron pump with a concrete trough had been erected at it. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 20 June 2012

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