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              <text>"The holy well is a part of a larger sacred landscape that begins with a cairn of stones northeast of the well (Senan's Altar) and directly east of the local graveyard [...] It includes a mound, trees, and an important birthstone (Leacht Sheanáin),where the rounds continue." (Houlihan 2015: 110).</text>
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              <text>"Lying at the mouth of the Shannon, associated with the much revered Senan, containing ancient church, an intact round tower and a long ecclesiastical history, Scattery Island was 'one of the most celebrated places of religious resort during the earlier ages of Christianity in Ireland,'" (Houlihan 2015: 65).</text>
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              <text>Ther well was thought to have some corredpondence with that of St. Senan on Scattery Island, which lies literally opposite off the Clare Coast (Clarke, 2020: https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/2020/02/21/st-senan-friends/)</text>
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