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Fr Philip Fogarty _060.jpg

Carved stone at Kilboy holy well

Title

Carved stone at Kilboy holy well

Subject

A carved block of stone at Kilboy holy well at the site of an old abbey.

Description

Black and white image of a carved block of stone at Kilboy holy well. In an article describing the Holy Well in the JRSAI (1912) by Rev. Samuel Hemphill the stone is described as a depiction of the Pieta in limestone and that it was moved to the well from the ruined church at Kilboy sometime after 1840.

Creator

Rev Philip Fogarty

Publisher

Digitised by Tipperary Studies

Date

Mid 20th Century

Rights

©Tipperary Studies

Relation

Historical postcard collection , Edmond Murphy Photographic Negative Collection, Patrick Kenrick Photographic Collection, Quinn collection, Photographic images of Munster all at tippstudiesdigital.ie

Format

Black and white Jpeg images

Language

English

Type

Black and white image derived from printed photographs

Identifier

Fr Philip Fogarty _060

Coverage

Co. Tipperary

Files

Fr Philip Fogarty _060.jpg

Citation

Rev Philip Fogarty, “Carved stone at Kilboy holy well,” Tipperary Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/8545.