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- TypeRitual site - holy well
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History and description
Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Man’s Well. It is probably named after St. Munna of Taghmon (WX040-008003-), whose feastday falls on 21 October (Ó Riain 2011, 505-07), but there is no record of a pattern at this well (OSFM 1940).
Full archaeological record 136 words
Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Man’s Well. It is probably named after St. Munna of Taghmon (WX040-008003-), whose feastday falls on 21 October (Ó Riain 2011, 505-07), but there is no record of a pattern at this well (OSFM 1940). The well is situated in a low-lying landscape c. 5m NW of a small NE-SW stream. It is not visible now in a root crop but it is described locally as a small shallow hole. It was not venerated, but there is a local tradition that it had been located originally beside the parish church of Ishartmon (WX047-060001-), c. 480m to the N but when it was fouled by a woman washing clothes in it the well moved to Ballyboy.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 11 October, 2013. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Folklore and traditions
It is probably named after St. Munna of Taghmon (WX040-008003-), whose feastday falls on 21 October (Ó Riain 2011, 505-07), but there is no record of a pattern at this well (OSFM 1940).
It was not venerated, but there is a local tradition that it had been located originally beside the parish church of Ishartmon (WX047-060001-), c. 480m to the N but when it was fouled by a woman washing clothes in it the well moved to Ballyboy.
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Around St Man's Well
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