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Ó Danachair (1955, 213) recorded the following details about Sunday Well; ' "Sunday's Well" on 1840 map. This well was filled in about 1880. A large elm tree grows at the site of the well, which is in a farmyard. Embedded in the roots of the tree is an upright slab inscribed "IHS 1760 THOMAS BANKS" said to have been erected by a man who was cured of blindness here. There are stations performed here by the peasantry on Sundays' (OSNB).
See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00210 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17002 and F025.21.00211 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31114.
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 3 October 2020
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