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St. Bridgets Well in Rosenallis

Holy well
St. Bridgets Well in Rosenallis
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A holy well dedicated to St Bridget whose pattern was formerly held on 1st of February. Spring well in the centre of the village of Rosenallis near the medieval church and nineteenth century Church of Ireland church (LA003-016001-) and graveyard (LA003-016009-). David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA003-016004

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Pictures: A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mooro1, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Wsiegmund, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at; User:Jgillett, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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