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Tober Patrick in Ballyfahy

Holy well

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On a N-facing slope, c. 20m S of a road. The well is a deep natural water-filled basin in a cleft in the slope. The surrounding area is waterlogged. This well is said to have been visited during penal times on the feast of St Patrick (MacDonagh 1936, 31). By 1942-4 it was recorded as no longer in use (ITA).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL039-046

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit visible on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit printed on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie
  • Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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