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St. Patricks Well in Pollaneyster

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On W bank of a stream, 85m N of a church (GA006-122003-). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map and apparently still extant by time of 3rd ed. (1930). No visible surface trace survives. A modern shrine (see GA006-122005-) lies 60m to NE. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA006-122006

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