Christian Sites

St. Buonia’s Well/ Tobar Buaine: This extensive site is located on a fairly steep, S facing slope of Knocknaskereighta mountain, towards the head of a broad valley which is locally known as ‘The Glen’. It affords excellent views to St Finan’s Bay a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Some 20m ENE of an oratory (GA048-003001-) at E end of the island. This well, correctly Tobar Caíllín, was noted by O’Flaherty in 1684 (Hardiman 1846, 109-10) and shown on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map. Evidently dest­royed by time of 2nd ed. (1899), when Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

On roadside c. 610m ESE of a church (GA022-012—-). This well, correctly Tobar Ceannanach, consists of a natural spring enclosed by a small circular drystone enclosure (D 3.5m) with an entrance at W. There is a small alcove in N wall containing modern o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

At the base of a steep slope on the S bank of the Breagagh River, c. 300m WSW of Black Abbey Dominican friary (KK019-026021-) and c. 450m SW of St Canice’s Cathedral (KK019-026029-) which is N of the river. Known as St Canice’s well, though commonly Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Marked as ‘St Carthag’s Well’ on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as St. Mocolomog’s Well on the 1927 ed. Situated in mixed woodland towards the top of a steep SW-facing slope on the N side of the valley of the E-W Glenakeefe River close to where i Monument Type: Ritual site […]

Located on the side entrance into St. Catherine’s Park. There are two wells side by side, with arched coverings. This one is higher than the other (DU017-002002-). Tradition has it that the water from the larger well was drunk and the water from the smal Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Annotated ‘St. Catherine’s Well’ on 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown on the demesne lands of Kenure Park which stands 400m to SSW. Castle (DU008-003—-) 100m to N, medieval church ruins (DU008-004001-) and graveyard (DU008-004002-) 55m to E. S Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked as St. Catherine’s Well on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated c. 70m NW of the Augustinian priory (WA031-040005-). It was also known as Toberacaut (Fitzgerald 1913-16, 367), but Power (1952, 113) doubted if it was a holy well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

In the centre of an enclosure (GA061-023003-). This is a National Monument in State care (No. 467; see Harbison 1975, 100). It comprises a spring well contained within a small oval drystone surround (NW-SE 1.8m) accessed via a narrow gap at W. The presen Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Clómaun’s Well. This is a misspelling of Saint Colmán, and it was pronounced locally as ‘St. Clement’s Well’ (Wexford People 24-07-1954, 10). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described in gothic lettering as St. Coleman’s Well on both. It is situated on a steep and overgrown W-facing slope, and c. 40m S of the site the church (WX035-049001-). It could not be identifi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

In SW and SE corners of a rectangular graveyard (GA009D014002-) c. 40m SW of the church (GA009D014001-) and close by a stream. The SW well, correctly Tobar Flannáin (GA009D014004-), consists of a natural spring, dry at time of visit, with a rectangular Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer