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St. Agathas Well — Shelbaggan

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St. Agathas Well — Shelbaggan
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Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as St. Agatha’s Well on both, although John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 describes it as St. Agnes' Well (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 363). It is located on a fairly level, low-lying landscape, and at the source of a small W-E stream. The area was flooded at the time of inspection, but a large slab (dims 1.18m x 0.84m) was present with a stone-lined well (D 0.7m) just to the N of it and there was a bush growing over it. It is known locally to have a cure for warts, and offerings were present until c. 1960, but it is now disused. The church site (WX045-001001-) is c. 200m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 July, 2013

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