Christian Sites

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Situated on a steep W-facing slope of the N-S valley of the Ballyristeen stream, with the stream c. 100m to the W. The well was known as O’Bric’s Well (Power 1896, 200) and it is located c. 400m SSE of Monksland church (WA024-036001-) in Ballynagigla. Th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Not marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface remains. Archaeological testing by Martin Byrne in 1998 at Broomville Gardens Nat. Grid Ref. 248047 199176 under licence no 98E0460 was undertaken at a proposed housing development i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In marshy ground. Spring enclosed by circular stone wall; open at S. Area fenced off with gate to N. According to Windele (1897, 68) ‘dedicated to the Holy Virgin’ and called ‘Tubber Muirra’. Still in occassional use. Church of Ireland (CO045-02102-) to Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Ballyrooaun. According to Lynch (1994, 637) the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 927: 46) recorded that there is ‘a small well on Ballyrooaun Farm, one mile west of Arklow Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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In level pasture. Well consists of spring in earth-cut pool (diam. 2.3m; D 0.65m) with outflow drain on N side. Outflow runs N-S joining SW-N. Had gone out of use by 1950s (Ó Danachair 1955, 211) though OS Name Books record it as ‘a holy well … celebr Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

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

In level pasture, in flood plain on E side of Farahy River. Circular spring well (diam. 1.1m; D 1.1m) lined with stone walling and open on top. Known locally as St Gregory’s well where sore eyes were cured. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 113) Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Holy well dedicated to St. Simon (Ó Danachair 1955, 199) located 50m NE of Ballysimon graveyard (LI013-026002-) and Derrygalvan church site (LI013-026001-). Described in 1955 as following; ‘A little well, lined with dry stone, with a small whitethorn b 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 following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer