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Many of the Irish wells have folklore attached to them that the associated saint walked along, banged the ground with his crozier and the water gushed forth.

This is one: http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/516

[this well is a few hundred metres away and appears to be a megalithic tomb: http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/519 ]

Several Irish tombs are built on springs, Newgrange being one! There is also Shalwy in Mayo and Church Mountain in Wicklow that 'spring' to mind. Portal tombs are always near to water, usually small streams, and is such a constant in their immediate landscape that it must have meant something to the builders. The life giving source of these waters must have been special (?).

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Posted by FourWinds
11th October 2004ce
12:20

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Re: My hero (goffik)

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Re: My hero (Littlestone)

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My hero

(goffik, Oct 08, 2004, 07:36)

Re: My hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 08, 2004, 19:59)
- Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 09, 2004, 15:41)
  - Re: My hero (baza, Oct 09, 2004, 17:11)
    - Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 09, 2004, 17:27)
    - Re: My hero (moss, Oct 10, 2004, 10:33)
    - Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 21:03)
      - Re: Not my hero (baza, Oct 12, 2004, 23:06)
        Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 13, 2004, 07:51)
        Re: Not my hero (FourWinds, Oct 13, 2004, 07:58)
        Re: Not my hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 13, 2004, 08:27)
        Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 13, 2004, 09:15)
        Re: Not my hero (baza, Oct 13, 2004, 18:31)
        Re: Not my hero (StoneLifter, Oct 13, 2004, 18:52)
        Re: Not my hero (goffik, Oct 14, 2004, 09:22)
        Re: Not my hero (baza, Oct 15, 2004, 10:52)
        Re: Not my hero (FourWinds, Oct 15, 2004, 11:44)
        Re: Not my hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 15, 2004, 17:20)
        Re: Not my hero (moss, Oct 15, 2004, 17:23)
        Re: Not my hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 15, 2004, 17:44)
        May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (FourWinds, Oct 15, 2004, 19:47)
        Re: May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (moss, Oct 16, 2004, 09:38)
        Re: May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (FourWinds, Oct 16, 2004, 10:25)
        Re: May Cod Have Mercy on Your Sole! (StoneLifter, Oct 16, 2004, 10:46)
        Wish you'd all stop carping on about this (Littlestone, Oct 16, 2004, 12:37)
    - Re: My hero (Hob, Oct 10, 2004, 23:35)
Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 19:01)
- Incidentally... (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 19:01)
  - Re: And furthermore... (goffik, Oct 10, 2004, 21:00)
- Re: My hero (Hob, Oct 10, 2004, 23:21)
  - Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 07:18)
    - Re: My hero (StoneLifter, Oct 11, 2004, 08:33)
    - Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 11, 2004, 10:58)
      - Re: My hero (StoneLifter, Oct 11, 2004, 11:03)
        Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 11:21)
        Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 11, 2004, 12:20)
        Re: My hero (Littlestone, Oct 14, 2004, 21:36)
        Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 14, 2004, 23:02)
        Re: My hero (Hob, Oct 12, 2004, 19:38)
        Re: My hero (FourWinds, Oct 12, 2004, 19:43)
        Re: My hero (StoneLifter, Oct 12, 2004, 21:26)
  - Re: And another thing! (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 14:49)
    - Re: And another thing! (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 14:52)
      - Re: Bugger. (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 14:53)
- Re: My hero (Mr Hamhead, Oct 11, 2004, 18:21)
  - Re: My hero (goffik, Oct 11, 2004, 20:52)

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