Holy Well
Kildare
St. Farnan’s Well
The OSL (Herity 2002, 38) record, ‘… St Farannan’s (sic) well, where stations were formerly performed on the 12th of June (some say July). Farannan is considered the Patron-Saint’ . According to Jackson (1979-80, 148) various cures were said to have be
Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well
Location Details
Coordinates:
Lat: 53.287206605
Lng: -6.784416332
Lat: 53.287206605
Lng: -6.784416332
Site Type
- Holy Well
Historical Periods
- 13th Century
- 20th Century
- 9th Century
Associated Saints
- St. Farannan
- St. Farnan
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