Christian Sites

Situated on level, low-lying swampy ground with higher ground to the N, W and S and a gentle downhill slope to the E; 250m NE of Rampere chapel site (WI020-018—-). Strong spring now contained within a concrete shaft. The Patron day was on the 20th of A Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Situated at a break in a SE-facing slope. A spring which is now tapped into a disused stand pipe. The OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 59) state that the well was formerly famous for its curative powers. No surviving local traditions. The above description Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

‘Tobernamanna’ a modernised holy well surrounded by a cairn. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Tobar na mBan Naomh or ” The Well of the Holy Women,” at Teelin. The turus is still made on the 23rd June, “Bonfire Night” Often if this night is fine the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

A stone-lined holy well situated in a cliff face. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘On the shore at Ranafest there is a well called ” Tobar na Spainneach,” locally reputed to be holy’ (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 152). (Ó Muirgheasa No. 52) The above de Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

There was formerly a round tower at Raphoe. It was demolished by Bishop John Leslie when he built his palace in 1636-7 (Wood 1937, 304-5). It can be inferred from a reference to it in John Lynch’s De Praesulibus Hibernicis (O’Doherty, ed. I, 1944, 243) that the bishop’s palace occupies the site of this tower […]

There is a vague local tradition that a holy well, dedicated to St Brendan, was located a short distance E of St. Fintan’s Well (KE096-007—-). This could not be located.The above description is derived from A. O’Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), ‘T Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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

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

Fitzgerald (1907, 160) identifies an area as ‘St. Brigid’s well field’, but gives no precise location for the well within the field. Jackson (1979-80, 157) quotes a local tradition which describes ‘St. Brigid’s Well’ as being surrounded by a paling, with Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On wet, low-lying ground adjacent to a fast-flowing stream. At the location indicated is a circular waterlogged depression (diam. 3.55m) defined by a series of boulders and some outcropping rock. Another well dedicated to St Columbkille (see LF023-103002 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pasture, on steep E-facing slope. ‘Tobernasog’ on 1st ed. O.S. map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In cert Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Not marked on the 1839 or the 1909 eds OS 6-inch maps. In 1846 the Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland recorded that, ‘The monastic ruins (LA025-023001-/002-/003-/004-) of Rathasbuck [Rathaspick], the Bishop’s fort [LA025-022—-), on the estate of Sir Wi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer