Christian Sites

Natural spring well situated in large waterlogged hollow depression (dims. 13m N-S; 8m E-W; D 1.2m) on the S bank of the river Suir in flat grassland with good views in all directions. Modern concrete slabs over spring well, no evidence of any votive off Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated in a quarry (dims. c. 11m x c. 7m; D 1.5m) on a severe S-facing slope, and c. 110m NE of the parish church of Kilgobnet (WA030-001001-). A single lintel is visible in the edge of the quarry, but the area is dry and filled with silt. A pattern wa Monument Type: Ritual site […]

Described in gothic lettering as Toberaphuca – the Ghost’s well – on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope. It was on the W side of a N-S road, but it is not known if it was venerated. It is Monument Type: Ritual […]

In level pasture, adjacent to a stream/drain. There is a farmstead to S and W. This holy well is named ‘Toberara’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, and is recorded in the OS Letters (1838, 196 (102)) as ‘Tober a Righ’. The well, now dried up, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

In a graveyard (KD035-003003-) c. 14m S of a ruined church (KD035-003001-). According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 70) ‘… there was formerly a pattern held (at the well) on the 24th of June, St John’s Day …’. A natural spring lies in a hollow (diam. 10m; Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

On the lowermost north-western slopes of Knocknashee Mountain. A spring well revetted by a drystone wall and roofed by lintels. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. It may be the well which Wood-Martin (1892, 355-6, n. 1) mentioned in 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

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

Toberaroon/Tobar an Rúin (well of the secret) and Tobar Ghobnait: The field in which this well was located has been reclaimed and the spring is no longer evident. The well was still being visited on Easter Sunday until at least 1960 (Ó Danachair 1960, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In level pasture, c. 50m W of the Mullaghaghanoe River. Spring well, named ‘Toberarraght’ on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps, enclosed within a concrete surround, with a small hole in the concrete giving access to the water. Four concrete pillars su Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

According to J. O’Donovan writing in 1837 the well is associated with St Patrick who ceased his labours after blessing this well, and the pattern was held on 30th July in the 1830s (O’Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 126). Situated on a S-facing slope. A spring we Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Marked as a well described as ‘Tobernatemple’ on the 1840 and 1927 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. There is no other information and it does not survive. Knockboy church (WA013-034001-) is c. 250m to the E. Burnt mound (WA013-032002-) is at this location. Co Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]