St Patricks Well, holy well in County Limerick

What is recorded here

In pasture; c. 30m SE of early ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-). Spring well now contained within circular concrete tank, with concrete footpath surrounding it. Circular area (diam. 6.4m) around this is enclosed by concrete-block wall. Entrance via gate to S; just inside gate is shrine with modern near-life-size statue of St Patrick. Well visited on 17th March, and 'celebrated for curing blindness' (Ó Danachair (1955, 204); legend associates it with Leacht Phadraig, located c. 1,000m to NW (LI037-023---). Site of two further holy wells c. 100m to W (LI037-025004- & 005-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI037-025006

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What survives: Recorded monument

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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