What is recorded here
Tobermurry/Tobar Muire (Mary's Well/Our Lady's Well): This spring well dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in a modern landscaped setting on the outskirts of Kenmare town, a short distance W of the Finnihy river. It is slab-lined and is surmounted by an encased statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Set in concrete nearby is a slab with a deeply incised cross. The well was formerly visited on Saturdays 'by persons afflicted with any sickness' (OSNB Templeno, 35). A pattern is held here on August 15th, the feast day of Our Lady, when a major fair is also held in the town. See attached photographs (001-003) courtesy of Amanda Clarke. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1072.
Tobermurry/Tobar Muire (Mary's Well/Our Lady's Well): This spring well dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in a modern landscaped setting on the outskirts of Kenmare town, a short distance W of the Finnihy river. It is slab-lined and is surmounted by an encased statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Set in concrete nearby is a slab with a deeply incised cross. The well was formerly visited on Saturdays…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-012
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Espresso Addict, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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