Christian Sites

St. Kenny’s [St. Canice] holy well situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025—-) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023—-) 330m to WSW and site of levelle Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Annotated ‘St Kenny’s Well’ on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. A natural spring well which is unenclosed. Situated at the bottom of hollow or gravel pit. Dedicated to St. Canice (Kenny) and traditionally thought to cure headaches and sore throats (Ó Danac Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated on a steep E/SE-facing slope. An unmarked spring, in an area with several other small springs. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instan Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Described as St Kieran’s Well on the 1839 ed of the OS 6-inch map. It is located in the fold of a small E-W stream that is c. 30m to the S on the W-facing slope of the N-S River Slaney valley. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern w Monument Type: Ritual […]

At the foot of a N-facing slope, sloping down to the Thonoge River which flows 6m N of the holy well. The well is rectangular and stone-lined (1.16m x 0.7m; retaining wall 0.15m H), aligned N-S. The S end is built into the hillside which is retained by s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 116) this is one of three holy wells dedicated to St Kieran (KK029-026—-; KK029-024—- and KK029-040—-, the latter unlocated) and ‘Of old, the pilgrimages began at the former [KK029-026—- in Cappagh townland], Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Spring well in an area of rock outcrop with Clonagh Church (LI028-066002-), graveyard (LI028-066003-) and ecclesiastical enclosure (LI028-066001-) 390m to NNE. Holy well dedicated to St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise. In 1840 the well was described as follow Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In undulating pasture, on N verge of marshy area, 6m outside W boundary wall of Kilfinny graveyard (LI030-011002-). Well consists of sunken stone-lined area (1m N-S; 1.4m E-W; D 0.8m), dry at time of visit. Enclosing this is recent stone wall with gate o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

The OS Letters (1839) mention a holy well near the church of St Kieran (KK029-027001-) which is, ‘not now visited for devotional purposes’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 245 (92)). The church lies c. 74m to the NE. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 116) th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Laurence’s Well in gothic script on both. The St. Laurence invoked is probably a late dedication to St. Laurence (Lorcán) O’Toole of Dublin (Ó Riain 2011, 403-05). The well i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Situated in the SW of graveyard (LI014-070002-). Ó Danachair (1955) describes the well as ‘a sluggish spring, about 3 feet in diameter and 5 feet below ground level. Steps lead down to water.’ The spring and the steps have been surrounded with a mortare Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Located in the garden to the rear of Barrack House. Traditionally associated with St Macullin of Lusk. St. Macullin’s Well was described in 1958 as; ‘a pool c. 5’ [1.5m] in diameter in the garden of a house in Lusk Village. There are no devotions now, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]