What is recorded here
This is marked on the 1840-41 and 1914 OS maps as 'St Colman's Well' (Tobar Colmáin). Situation and Description: It is now closed up and the water piped to Ballylongford. Rounds: No devotions have taken place here in living memory. The well was visited on Midsummer's Eve, and the water was known to cure aches and…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE006-001
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Photo credits
- Ballylongford Snaps; individual photographer not named, ballylongfordsnaps.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.istockphoto.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Borvan53, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Arcaist, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chris, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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