Category:Bastionfort Well

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Bastionfort Well 

well in County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Instance of	holy well water well
Location	County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
52° 37′ 38.5″ N, 7° 04′ 29.57″ W
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The well is not considered holy any longerby the local residents. Apparently, it was blessed by Canon O'Hanlon to prevent people from washing their laundry in it^[1]. There was some association with St. Patrick in the 1930s^[2], but there is also another Tobar Phadraig somewhere in Gowran^[3], so maybe there was some confusion over the attribution of the saint to the well.

In the local oral tradition, it is known as Boston Well, when people know the name at all. On old OS maps, the name is spelled Bastionfort Well or Bostionfort Well. There is no local knowledge about the etymology of the name^[4].

Access is limited, because there are horses grazing in the paddock surrounding it. The stile leading to it is blocked up by a pallet on the inside^[5].

1. ↑ https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4758557/4754523/5012654
2. ↑ https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4758557/4754469/5010896
3. ↑ https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4758557/4754523/5012654
4. ↑ Personal conversations with several people suggested by the locals to be knowledgable about local history 2023-09-04
5. ↑ Personal survey 2023-09-04