Christian Sites

In pasture, on N side of field fence. Well now covered by four stone slabs; water from it pumped to nearby dwelling. Photograph taken May 1913 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 3, opp. 340) shows opening to well set into field fence, lined with stone and topped Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

This is a natural spring well on W side of Slade river valley. Dedicated to St. Senan (Ó Danachair 1958, 83). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A fragment of a high cross (dims 0.26m x 0.13m; L 0.27m) that was in the outer face of the W wall of the S aisle has now been moved to the OPW depot in Trim for safe-keeping (Harbison 1998). It has a moulding at each angle and the larger panels have small mouldings. One […]

Located on the E-facing slope of the Hill of Slane and just inside the N wall of the graveyard (ME019-060016-). John O’Donovan in the 1830s described Tobar Patrick as having stones to the ground level but the well ran dry in the summer. There was a sto Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

National Monument No. 116. A plain granite cross, (H. c. 1.45m, W. of arms c. 0.73m, W. of shaft 0.36m, T. c. 0.26m). A plain granite cross with cusps (H. c. 2.8m, W. of arms c. 0.7m, W of shaft c. 0.35m, T. c. 0.25m) located in W quadrant of graveyard (LA032-018002-) immediately W of […]

Situated just N of Kinneigh round tower (CO094-10402-). 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 certain instances th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On N side of road. Stone-lined well housed in tall stone-built structure with arched entrance; cement steps lead up to well. Renovated c. 1973. Plaque beside well dedicates it to St Berrihert. Rounds made on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.The Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated on a low rise of ground near the E shore of Lough Derg. A shallow depression (Wth 1.8m) is all that survives of Toberaughan. No enclosing element or votive offerings visible. Described in the Ordnance Survey Namebooks (1840) as a ‘holy well so c Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

A roughly circular hollow cut into a rock outcrop forms this holy well. A tradition records an inscription on the base but it was not possible to verify this. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as a ‘Holy Well in Cruck townland, a quarter of a mile to th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Situated by the side of the road on a marked W-facing slope. A spring contained within a square basin lined with slabs, roofed with a slab and approached by a step. The well is known locally as having a cure for warts. A pattern was held here on the 9th Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Formerly located by the roadside on the outskirts of Swords village. There is no visible surface trace of this possible holy well as it has been built over. Local tradition held that the waters cured eyes and mouth, the name is derived from ‘sliop’ meani Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]