Christian Sites

According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 34), ‘… there is a well called Lady Well, at which stations were performed on Lady-Day in Harvest’, and Jackson (1979-80, 145) says a pattern was held here in August. At the W foot of a low hill, with a second holy we Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Situated on rock outcrop overlooking the N-S Finisk River, with the stream c. 200m to the E. This is an oval depression excavated from rock outcrop (dims. 2.2m E-W; 1.6m N-S; D 0.6-0.8m) which may be an ancient shrine. Patterns were formerly held here on Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located in the valley of a small WNW-ESE stream, just SW of the stream and immediately S of the R374 Fethard to Slade road. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady Well in gothic lettering on both. It was prob Monument Type: Ritual […]

Situated c. 5m from the N bank of the River Boyne at a point where it changes its course from SW-NE to NW-SE, and in the demesne woodland of Slane Castle. ‘Lady Well’ or Tobar Muire is recorded from the 1830s, and it is often said to flood. A pattern Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Situated in the valley of a small N-S stream just as it terminates in a tear-shaped lake. A well described as ‘Lady Well’ in gothic script is depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, but its status is not known. Compiled by: Micha Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Holy well described by Ó Danachair as following; ‘Lady’s Well on 1840 map. The well is now enclosed in a concrete tank, overflowing into a basin. Two boulders, said to bear the marks of Our Lady’s hands, are shown as the former site of the well. “This w Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Set into the base of the steep SE-facing slope down to the shore, 30m E of St Mary’s church (CL029-009008-) and just a few metres from the water’s edge. Named ‘Lady Well’ on the 1920 OS 6-inch map. A circular walled structure (int. diam. 1.7m; wa Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Annotated ‘Lady Well’ on 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Formerly located on the N facing slope of Feltrim Hill. This site was removed during quarrying operations (Ó Danachair 1958, 79). Folklore collected from Kinsealy School recorded the following details; ‘ Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A small natural spring running out of the side of a low hillock and marked as ‘Lady Well’ on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Church (WM003-038—-), graveyard (WM003-038001-), ecclesiastical enclosure (WM003-038002-) and motte and bailey (WM003-037– Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as Lady Well on both. It is located on a S-facing slope at the head of a slight W-E valley in the lower E-facing foothills of Slievecoiltia. It is not visible at groun Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

This well is not marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and is not mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933), so it may be a modern feature created for the pilgrimage. The well is cut into the natural scarp (H c. 1m), which i Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 208) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Lady’s Well on 1840 map. A strong clear bubbling spring in a horseshoe-shaped well lined with good dry-stone to ground level. Rounds were made within living memory, but there Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer