What is recorded here
Saint Colmcille's Well in Oldcourt gives its saint a little stone shelter and an approach over a bridge. For a man trying to withdraw from worldly things, he's come dangerously close to a country estate. One peacock and the neighbours will talk.
Coursed rubble stone gable-fronted statue niche, erected 1914, over holy well. Contains statue of St Colmcille. Well with random paving around opening set in water garden, approached by small bridge. Memorial Celtic cross within grounds.
An attractively sited holy well, recovered from a dilapidated state by people from the nearby Orlagh Monastery. Still in annual religious use, this site has a rich social history.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11220020
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