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Ritual site - holy well

Holy Trinity Well

Holy well in Ballycannon, Co. Kilkenny.

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  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • Folklore1 quote
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Ballycannon, Co. Kilkenny52.68606, -7.37573
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At a glance

  • TypeRitual site - holy well

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  • Pattern day

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

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  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description

On the floor of the Arigna river valley, with land rising to the E, in reclaimed grassland. According to the OS Letters (1839), the holy well was 'stopped up six years ago' i.e. c. 1833 (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 208 (69)).

Full archaeological record 121 words

On the floor of the Arigna river valley, with land rising to the E, in reclaimed grassland. According to the OS Letters (1839), the holy well was 'stopped up six years ago' i.e. c. 1833 (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 208 (69)). However this appears to be contradicted by O'Kelly (1969 (1985 reprint), 4), who notes, 'Holy Trinity well at which a pattern is still held on the second Sunday in July is 400 yards south-east of the church. There is a Mass bush, a reminder of fugitive open-air worship in Penal days, beside the well'. There are several springs in the area which flow into a small stream but the well itself was removed during land reclamation works in the 1970s.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 30 March 2020. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

Folklore and traditions

However this appears to be contradicted by O'Kelly (1969 (1985 reprint), 4), who notes, 'Holy Trinity well at which a pattern is still held on the second Sunday in July is 400 yards south-east of the church.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact

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