Christian Sites

Situated on a slight W-facing slope with a small N-S stream c. 35m to the W. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 a pattern was held at this well on June 9th in honour of St. Columkille, or Colum Cille, of Iona (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 307). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Annotated St Columb’s Well on all editions of the OSi historic maps. This enclosed spring well is located off Well Road in Swords Village within view of St Columba’s church (DU011-034004-). Traditionally associated with St. ColumbColumbaColmcille. For Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

National Monument No. 313. A monastery was founded at Durrow reputedly by Colum Cille [of the church] who died in 597 and whose feastday is celebrated on the 9th of June (Ó Riain 2011, 213-14). Colum Cille whose original name may have been Criomthann was descended from a branch of the Ceinéal Conaill of Donegal […]

Located in the NE corner of a graveyard (GA105-029002-) associated with a church (GA105-029001-). Holy wells named ‘St. Columbkille’s Holy Wells’ on the OS 6-inch maps consist of two conjoined wells. The most northerly one (GA105-029003-) is oval i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The site of this holy well has been forested. It was dedicated to St. Colmcille. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 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

Located in a wooded depression on a gentle N-facing slope. The holy well was venerated in the 19th century (O’C. Redmond 1895, 155-6) and there is a record of a possible bullaun stone (WA029-0230023-) and of a carved stone head (WA029-023002-) built into Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a low-lying position, c. 600m NW of the site of St Coman’s church site (RO039-043006-). An overgrown hollow (diam. c. 4m; D 0.5m) which is now dry was, according to J. O’Donovan in the 1830s, venerated in the 19th century when a rag bush stood beside Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Holy Well dedicated to St. Commaneth, also known as ‘Cragg Well’. Situated at the base of a W-facing slope of rising ground with a church and graveyard (TN031-010001-) to the NW. A disused holy well originally enclosed by a drystone wall and now enclose Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Poorly preserved holy well , now dry and very overgrown with no features visible. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have be 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 as St. Cowan’s Well in both. It is situated in a small SE-NW valley with two streams that join together c. 10m to the W and join the W-E Boro River c. 270m to the NW at that river’s m Monument […]

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