PATRICK'S-WELL-ST, a village, partly in the
parishes of KILLELONEHAN and MUNGRETT, but chiefly
in that of KILKEEDY, barony of PUBBLEBRIEN, county
of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (S. W.)
from Limerick, on the road to Rathkeale; containing
515 inhabitants. This place derives its name from a
well dedicated to St. Patrick, and still held in great
veneration by the peasantry, over which has recently
been placed a figure of the tutelar saint, rudely carved
in stone. The village consists of one long and irregular
street, and contains 89 houses, most of which are old
thatched buildings, and the remainder neat, well built
cottages roofed with slate and of recent erection; the
mail from Limerick to Tralee passes daily through it,
and a penny post to the former place has been lately
established. Fairs are held on Feb. 26th, May 28th,
June 16th, Oct. 14th and 20th, and Dec. 18th, principally
for cattle and pigs; petty sessions once a fortnight;
and a constabulary police force is stationed
here. In the neighbourhood are several large and
handsome houses with well-wooded demesnes, and
numerous good farm-houses with thriving orchards,
producing abundance of apples from which excellent
cider is made.