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Andy at [log in to unmask] writes: << how I might find some more information about it I'd be very grateful indeed. >> Andy, In addition to the www.slaine.ie website, the Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim lists 24 Holy Wells, and the Ordnance Survey letters of 1836 mentions various wells - Holy and "once-Holy" - in various parishes throughout the county. I have both books, and if we knew your townland, I might be able to find a reference to your well. Most of the Slaine references are based on Discovery-series maps but, at least for Co. Leitrim, they don't include wells on Disc. map 16 for the county. But, of course, we don't know which Discovery map would cover the location of your house, anyway. A townland name would help. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts