Well in Creevagh, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

'Corlains Well' identified as a holy well in 1987 survey of the Clonmacnoise area (McDonald 1987, 7). This appears to be a secular well with no religious associations.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF005-044

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