Christian Sites

In pasture, set into hillside. Stone lined with small stream flowing from it. No longer in holy use.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In c Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Poorly preserved holy well with dry stone wall facing on one side only, no other features visible. Church (OF037-002001-) located immediately to the SE. Associated with St. Lugna (O’ Flanagan 1933 vol. 2, 80). The above description is derived from the p Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the side of a trackway in the field NE of the bridge at Leenaun village. This well, correctly Tobar Muire, is now blocked up and totally obscured by growth. According to local tradition, it was frequented on 15th August, ‘Pattern Fair’ day, until ‘tra Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Modernised oval-shaped well, lined with stones; surrounded by concrete wall with opening to S. Second stone wall, also with opening to S, surrounds first with pathway between. Statue niche on top outer wall to N, backed by hedge. Concrete fence enclosed Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Near LWM on W side of Cuan an Fhir Mhóir. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a natural pothole (D 0.3m) which is said to have had a lid inscribed with the saint’s name, but it was broken by ‘the sappers, the soupers, the Tans or some othe Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Marked on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lettreen Well in italic lettering on both, and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope of Mullaghcreigha Hill. Circular well (diam. 0.9m) defined by a masonry wall (T 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m; i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Indicated on the 1835 ed. and the 1938-9 ed. OS 6-inch maps. According to School Manuscripts ‘people still cross themselves when passing’ (Irish Folklore Commission Schools’ Manuscripts 657, 78). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 6 March 2012 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Well indicated on the 1939 ‘OS 6-inch’ map and listed as a ‘Holy Well’ in the SMR (1984) and RMP (1996) for County Louth. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 18 November 2011 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Circa 15m to the SSE of a children’s burial ground (GA106-112001-). This spring well is enclosed by a very poorly preserved circular drystone surround (diam. c. 2m). A small mound of stones lies immediately to its N; it is unclear whether it is associate Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Located in LISCANNOR, 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: CL015-081—- Data sourced from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

The precise location of the holy well in the townland of Lisdossan has not been identified. In 1937-8 the following folklore about this holy well was recorded from Tang National School; ‘Holy wells were visited by a great number of people to obtain reli Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

The ‘Holy Well’ here consists of a natural spring covered by a slab. Just to the S is a mound of small stones known as the ‘friar’s grave’ (DG038-002001-). Crosses have been formed on the hillside with small stones. It is situated in the N-S gap between Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]