Christian Sites

At E end of Tipperary town, in the yard of corporation houses on the S side of Father Matthew Street, off S side of Main Street. Named on current OS 6-inch map as ‘St Bridget’s Well or Toberbreda’. It is incorporated into W side of wall of restaurant bui Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Tobar Patrick is a stone-built well among thorn trees. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.’ Compiled by Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On E bank of stream which is flowing N-S, in very wet, marshy terrain, heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles. There is a steep cliff with bedrock exposed immediately E of the well and pool. There is no visible well structure. The NE corner of the poo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Holy well known locally as “Tobar na Coróine” (Rosary Well) was described by O’Hare (2000, 64) as; ‘Both the IFC S (443:62) and Ó Danachair (op. cit. 163) record the presence of a well known as Tobar Na Coróine (Rosary Well) in the townland of Ballyeg Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

In pasture, on the NW side of a field of flat, damp ground. According to local information, this well is associated with St. Columcille and is visited annually on the saint’s feast day, the 9th of June. It consists of a natural spring enclosed by a rec Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Three fresh-water springs (DG004-055001/001-) defined by circles of stones on the muddy foreshore. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Cathal Dubh’s three boiling wells at Strabreagy are three little bubbling springs on the Black Rock in Drumaville to Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Three fresh-water springs (DG004-055001/003-) defined by circles of stones on the muddy foreshore. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Cathal Dubh’s three boiling wells at Strabreagy are three little bubbling springs on the Black Rock in Drumaville to Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Within post and wire enclosure with gate on W side. Two limestone flags step down into semi-circular area (L 1.82m; Wth 1.03m max.) defined by low concrete wall. This gives access to whitewashed barrel-vaulted concrete structure on the roof of which is a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the lower S-facing slope of Kilmacoliver Hill, overlooking the valley of the River Suir. Associated with the early medieval monastery of Kilkieran, and within Kilkieran graveyard (KK034-032002-), standing SW of the tallest of the high crosses (KK034-032003-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 243) this is one of two high crosses which had been […]

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking a broad basin. A boat-shaped rock (dims. 2.3m NW-SE; 1.4-2m NE-SW; H 0.5-0.9m) with a flat upper surface is situated in the SW angle of a subrectangular enclosure (int. dims. c. 23m N-S; c. 18m E-W) that has been excavated into the hillslope (max. D 1m at W), […]

Located at the bottom of a W-facing slope, in a triangular grass-covered field (dims c. 60m N-S; c. 30m E-W at N) with mature deciduous trees that is at the W end of a lane. A small, dry, shallow opening (diam. 0.4m; D 0.35m) is defined by stones (ext. d Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

The holy well known as Toberglassan has apparently been eroded by the sea. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘There was a Tobar Glas Colmcille on Inis-bo-fiine, but its site has been eroded by the action of the sea, and the well has disappeared’ (Ó Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]