Christian Sites

In 1837 John O’Donovan wrote in the Ordnance Survey Letters that the parish of Dysart was named after St. Maol Tuile [Multilly] ‘whose memory was celebrated at his holy wells in the glebe about 30 years ago (c. 1807) on the 28th or 29th of May’ (OS Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Marked on all OS eds. Situated on the NE slope of a steep hill. The well has been infilled and there are no visible remains at ground level. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan’ (Dublin: Statione Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Toberyline/Tobar Flainn: Located at the base of the sea cliffs immediately S of Brandon point. It is a ‘clear spring in a rock crevice below high tide level’ (Ó Danachair 1960, 72) and was visited on June 29th as part of a turas which also included Turr Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. On lower NW slope of Musheramore Mountain; second well (9285) near summit. Well modernised in 1982 and stations of the cross erected on N side. Now enclosed in stone and concrete facade with concrete steps leading up to f Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Just N of a graveyard (GA023-023002-) and within Connemara National Park. This well, correctly Tobar MaOilean, consists of a natural spring, now enclosed within a small rectangular 19th-C well-house (L 1.9m, Wth 1.6m, H 0.9m) of red brick, with a gabled Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On S side of a byroad in undulating farmland. This well, correctly Tobar Mac Duach, consists of a natural spring, dry at the time of visit, situated within a small rectangular stone enclosure, now overgrown with bushes. The above description is derived Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Knights Hospitaller frankhouse; held by James Tyrrell 1540; held by Walter Hope of Mullingar 1578, under lease granted by Prior Massingberd of Kilmainham

In rough grazing on N-facing slope. Small stream springing from large flat stones, enclosed by low earthen bank. No longer in holy use. Fanlobbus early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO108-02701-) c. 260m to NE.The above description is derived from the publis Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated in a slight hollow on the S bank of a river. A stone-faced square-shaped well (dims. 1m x 1m x 0.75m D) with a stream flowing out of the N face into the nearby river. The well is contained within a large concrete wall. It is dedicated to St John Monument Type: Ritual site […]

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 research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 […]

Some 50m S of St James’s Chapel (GA094-038—- ). Briefly mentioned in OS Letters as ‘St. James’s Well … destroyed by a mill race made about 40 years ago’ (O’Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 341). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is der Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

The OS Letters (0’Flanagan 1928, 118) noted a holy well in Newtown called ‘Tubber na Buadh’ (the Well of the Victory). Not yet located by ASI. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 12 July 2013 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer