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Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope of Slievecoiltia Hill and at the headwaters of a small N-S stream. It is just outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX039-009003-) at SW. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Crone Well in gothic lettering on both. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 192) this well was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, it may be named after St. Brocán of Clauin Iomarchair. an unidentified place in Ossary. Brocán is mentioned in a Life of St. Abán as the uncle of a thief who stole Abán's pigs (Ó Riain 2011, 127). This is a natural spring in an overgrown area and is one of the sources of the N-S stream. There is no record of veneration, or any evidence of it.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 January, 2013
Amended: 4 February, 2014
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