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Holy Well Clare

KILLERK EAST Holy Well

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

KILLERNAN Holy Well

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

KILLERNAN Holy Well

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Cavan

KILLETER Holy Well

Circular well (diam. c. 1m) enclosed by a stone wall except at SW where there is an overflow channel. Known as ‘St Patrick’s Well’, patterns were held here up until the mid-1970s (local information). The above description is derived from the published ‘ Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Wicklow

KILLICKABAWN Holy Well

The Ordnance Survey Letters (1838-40) noted ‘In the townland of Killickabawn in this parish there are two fields, one at each side of the road; the one called the Big Killeen and the other the little Killeen; the well which gives the name to the townland Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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Holy Well Galway

KILLIMOR Holy Well

Some 180m S of St Imor’s Chapel (GA085-056001-). An underground circular stone-lined well (D c. 1.2m) with three steps at N leading down to the water level. A roughly built modern wall with a gap at N has been built up around the well and it is covered o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

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Holy Well Offaly

KILLINA Holy Well

Located on a slight rise of natural rock outcrop in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Disused dried up holy well (1.55m x 0.65m) known locally as St Anthony’s Well with stone built cover made up of a large overlapping slabs similar to a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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Mass Rock Offaly

KILLINA Mass Rock

Located on a slight rise of natural rock outcrop in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Disused dried up holy well known locally as St Anthony’s Well (OF16-027—-) located 1.5m to the N and bullaun stone (OF016-027002-) located 3.5m to the S. Mass rock (dims. 2.35m x 1.3m x 0.7m) located beside the […]

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Holy Well Cork

KILLINANE (Duhallow By., Knocktemple Par.) Holy Well

In scrubland, at confluence of two streamlets. Spring well (D 0.2m) with poorly defined edges cut by natural erosion. Water piped from well to cattle trough in field to NE. Streamlets feeding into well from NW are dry in summer. According to local inform Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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Holy Well Dublin

KILLINARDAN Holy Well

Located E of Killinarden in a field that was under rape seed at the time ofinspection. This is a natural spring well dedicated to St Paul and called Toberphoil (Hegarty 1939, 70, Herity 2002, 38). The spring has been piped leaving no visible trace above Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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Holy Well Wexford

KILLINCOOLY BEG Holy Well

Marked only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as St. Mochain’s Well. St Mochonóg is an early saint of Saxon and British parentage (Ó Riain 2011, 464), who is thought to have founded a monastery at Kilmuckrige (Ranson 1945, 53 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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Holy Well Wexford

KILLISK Holy Well

Described as St. Bridget’s Well only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a gentle NW-facing slope on the SE side of the River Sow basin. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 records the name but says it had been disused for 20 years and th Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

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