Christian Sites

Situated 150m east of St Catherine’s church (WI019-001—-). A well dedicated to St Catherine, and probably destroyed by the new bypass. According to Lynch (1994, 641) a ‘whitethorn had marked the well but was cut down before the 1930s. The well had b Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

St. Catherines Well, a modernised ‘holy well’. Located in an area of marshy pasture land beside Cat Castle (DG097-015004-). Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘St. Catherine’s Holy Well at Killybegs was once a famous turus. The station is still made w Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In wet marshy terrain, at the base of a steep slope (H c.2m) on the W bank of a stream which runs into the River Nore c. 130m to the SSE. According to local information there are a number of springs along the base of this slope. The medieval church (KK0 Monument Type: Ritual site […]

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 […]

Situated in the broad valley of a small S-N stream that is c. 100m to the W, and just on the W side of the embankment of the NNW-SSE Waterford to Rosslare railway line. The well is dedicated to Saint Caomhán Santleathan of Ardcavan (WX038-006001-), and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1903 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Cavan’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is located on a level, low-lying landscape. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was held on the 12th June, but Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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

On W side of stream, immediately S of Colman’s well graveyard (LI046-02303-). Spring well is in centre of circular area (diam. c. 10m) enclosed by hedge with recently erected gateways at NE and SE sides. Concrete path immediately inside and concentric wi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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 […]