Christian Sites
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Mountgeorge Holy Well
Situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope with a NE-SW stream c. 150m to the NW. It was first recorded in an Environmental Impact Statement for the M11 road scheme (Scott-Cawley 2009, section 15, 24). It is called St. Maunyeen’s well, or St. Maureen Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]
Mountirvine Holy Well
Adjacent to a field boundary, in low-lying damp ground at the base of a drumlin ridge. The present remains are a muddy unenclosed hollow. In 1836 it was noted that the well was also known as ‘Tubbernacagher’ and ‘Tober na Mainistreach’ and was not then i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
Mountnorth Holy Well
Covered over and incorporated into Cork County Council water supply scheme; no longer visible. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 140), OS Field Book of 1840 records ‘Tubberhuwhen, Joanna’s well’ as holy well’ though he adds that it is not locall Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
Mountshannon 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
Moyagh Holy Well
OS 36 (Precise location not known) 58. There is some confusion regarding the location of Ó Muirgheasa No. 66. It proved impossible to discover the location of this holy well. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘There is a Holy Well, now nameless, in Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]
Moyfadda 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
Moygalla Holy Well
Period: Early Christian
Located in MOYGALLA, County CLARE. 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 Archaeological Survey Reference: CL052-028—- Data sourced from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Moynoe Holy Well
Period: Early Christian
Located in MOYNOE, County CLARE. 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 Archaeological Survey Reference: CL029-002—- Data sourced from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Moyvoughly Holy Well
Situated in low-lying, wet pasture, to the immediate E of a structure (long-axis N-S). Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a well. A bullaun stone (WM030-025002-) lies c. 55m to W. According to English (1968), a holy well named after St Patrick is Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
Muckalee Holy Well
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 455), there ‘was a holy well, destroyed long ago, in Mr. Hunt’s “Faugha,” a couple of fields north-east of the church [Muckalee church KK010-069001-]’. The precise location of this holy well is unknown.Compiled by: Je Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
Muckinish (Inchiquin By.) 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
Muintir Eoghain Thoir Holy Well
On SW side of Gleann an Mháma overlooking Joyce’s River on the valley floor. This spring well, correctly Tobar na Seacht nlníon, consists of a small wet hollow at the foot of a rock scarp. It appears to have been originally covered by a lintel (now dis Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]