Shaughlins (sic) Well

Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as the source of a small, S-flowing stream. According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 1-2), 'There is a well called Shaughlin's well … (which) was formerly frequented … and … many miraculous Cures effected. There was an iron hoop appended to a chain at it for the use of those who frequented it ...'. Fitzgerald (1903, 28) says the well was named in a County Dublin Exchequer Inquisition of 1557 as being 'in the possession of Thomas Luttrell, of Luttrellstown'. Jackson (1979-80, 159-60) records the local tradition of it being named after Maelsechlainn, the king who drowned the Viking leader Tuirgeis. On a W-facing slope in undulating tillage. The well is dry, its location defined by an overgrown circular area (diam. 5m) enclosed by iron railings. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Linked to Saint Sion, the well was traditionally visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for skin ailments. The site's early 19th-century map presence suggests a long-standing local reverence, though specific rituals or folklore connected to the well are not well documented.