"...the name refers not to Romans, but to the name of the city itself. Little is known of its origin, but...a local tradition of it being a holy well was recorded in the Ordnance Survey Name Book"
(Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, The Placenames Branch)
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/169
The official bilingual database of placenames in Ireland.
