Site of St. Senans Well — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

St. Senans Well in County Limerick appeared on the 1840 map and remained a frequented ritual site until roughly the 1930s, when the water vanished. People still sought its blessing decades after the chart marked it, suggesting the local community kept the saint's name alive through prayer rather than written legend. The well has dried up and no tradition survives, leaving behind a quiet absence where devotion once gathered.

Ó Danachair (1955, 214) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'St Sennan's Well (site of) on 1840 map. St Sennan's Well, now dried up; it was frequented as a holy well about 20 years since. OSL. No tradition survives'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 July 2019

St. Senan, a 6th-century Irish saint, is traditionally associated with several holy wells across the country, often linked to healing and pilgrimage. The well at Killonahan, though now dried up, was once visited for its perceived spiritual or curative properties, as was common with many holy wells in Ireland.

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