Christian Sites

Located towards the head of a S-N valley between Lismore Cathedral (WA021-019003-) c. 180m to the NE and Lismore castle (WA021-019001-), c. 200m to the N. According to a plaque this well was originally known as the Forge Well, or Tobar na Céartan, but w Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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 […]

Located on the side entrance into St. Catherine’s Park. There are two wells side by side (DU017-002001-) with arched coverings, one higher than the other. The water is traditionally thought to cure sore eyes. No longer venerated. Culverted into main drai Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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

This holy well was traditionally associated with St. Catherine. Situated in field of tillage W of stream. No visible surface trace (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 20). Bridetree Well (DU008-018—-) lies 110m to the SE.Compiled Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a low-lying landscape. An overgrown natural spring is surrounded by a rectangular drystone-walled enclosure (dims 5.3m WNW-ESE; 5m NNW-SSE) which was built c. 1753 (OS Name Book). A limestone slab (RO041-026002-) (dims 0.6m x 0.45m; T 0.2m) with an in 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. Catherine’s Well on both. It is listed as a holy well by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 335). It is situated on a gentle E-facin Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as St. Catherine’s Well on both, although the well was in the townland of Murntown Lower on the earlier map. It is situated on a level low-lying landscape with a sma Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Situated on a level landscape and just 8m NW of the NE-SW R739 Wexford town to Kilmore Quay road. It is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Catherine’s Well. It is a rectangular feature Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Situated in a slight N-S valley with a small E-W stream c. 15m to the N at a point where it turns N. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Catherine’s Well in gothic lettering on both. According to John O Monument Type: […]

Located in a level landscape, it was the source of a small stream (L c. 1km) that ran SE to the head of Lady’s Island Lough that was known as Lough Togher in the 17th century. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described Monument Type: […]

A well is marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map which is described in gothic lettering on both as St. Catherine’s Well. It is located on a level landscape with a small NE-SW stream just to the E. It is not visible at ground level in an a Monument Type: […]