Christian Sites

Situated in the valley of a small W-E stream on the N bank and probably at a point E of where a small NW-SE stream joins it. Tober Beoaid is listed amongst the holy places of north Leitrim in a seventeenth century manuscript (Mooney 1946, 67), and it was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Situated in a fold on the N bank of an E-W stream at the E side of Lough Allen. This is a circular stone-lined structure (int. diam. 1.2m; D 0.5m) open to the S with the wall beginning to corbel in over the well. It was reconstructed in the 1980s and is Monument Type: Ritual […]

Traditionally, when St Caolin plucked out her eyes to dissuade a suitor a well appeared at that location. A subsequent outrage caused the well to move c. 20m to its present location but to remain dry (O’Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 80; Lupeta 1912). The saint Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

At the bottom of a terrace on the W bank of the S-N Killukin River, c. 140-160m to the E. The site of this holy well was recorded by John O’Donovan in 1837 (O’Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 120), but even then it had been abandoned. It is now occupied by a concr Monument Type: Ritual […]

Within a small stone enclosure at N end of a graveyard (GA055-026001-). This well, correctly Tobar Cuanach, consists of a spring well delimited by a low circular drystone wall (D 2.15m), opening to ESE. The above description is derived from the publishe Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated well in the townlands of Tober Lower/Upper/Demesne. According to Lynch (1994, 645) there is a holy well in the townland of Tober that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 914: 225). Compi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated on flat poorly drained land with artificial lake to S. Drumraney church (WM023-040—-) and graveyard 150m to SW, Drumraney Castle (WM023-036—-) 220m to NW. Holy well dedicated to St Éanán of Drumraney whose feastday is celebrated on the 1 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

On low, level ground c. 70m from the N shore of a bay on the N shore of Lough Ree and c. 30m S of the Lanesboro to Roscommon road (N 63). St. Faithlec’s Well (RO036-048002-), c. 30m to the SW of church (RO036-048001-), is rectangular (int. dims. 1.1m N-S Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Situated at the base of a slope at the source of an ENE-flowing stream within a heavily-wooded thicket. The well has dried up. Remains comprise a circular setting of stones (diam. 2m). The well is said to have been created by St. Feichin of Ballisodare, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated in low-lying, wet pasture. Annotated ‘Tober Fintan’ and depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a spring well. Monument described in 1978 as a very small, natural surface spring, rising in waterlogged ground. The well is enclosed 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