Christian Sites

Marked on the 1837, 1914 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘St. Patrick’s Well, and situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level, and is not known to have been venerated. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Marked on the 1835 ‘OS 6-inch’ map as ‘St. Patrick’s Well’ and the 1938 ed. as ‘St. Patrick’s Well (site of)’. Isaac Butler refers to this well in his Journal of 1744 (CLAJ 1922, 96). All visible remains were removed sometime in the mid 19th century (Bas Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

On W bank of a stream, 85m N of a church (GA006-122003-). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map and apparently still extant by time of 3rd ed. (1930). No visible surface trace survives. A modern shrine (see GA006-122005-) lies 60m to NE. The above descript Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Situated in a natural amphitheatre (diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank planted with deciduous trees on the perimeter W-N-E, which is on the NE bank of a N-S stream. The enclosure is described as a ‘fort’ on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Situated in scrub and pasture on the E bank of a N-S stream, which is c. 5m distant. It is marked on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as ‘St. Patrick’s Well’. This may be the St Patrick’s well at a Monument Type: Ritual […]

Situated in a low-lying position near a stream. This is a masonry corbelled structure (ext. diam. 2.15m; ext. H 1.6m) which contains a circular chamber and water-filled depression (diam. 0.77m) with a doorway to the W. There is a record of a possible bul Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Located on the S-facing slope of a NE-SW spur in the foothills of White Mountain. A passage with a few steps leads to St Patrick’s Well, which is a corbelled and lintelled drystone walled structure (diam. 1m) with another well structure (diam. c. 1m) off Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated in a low-lying position on a S-facing slope and on the E bank of a small N-S stream. A drystone enclosure (dims 1.4m x 1.1m) contains a natural well, now disused, but there is local knowledge of veneration until about 1940. It is in an alcove at Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Situated In a fold on a gentle S-facing slope, with a NNW-SSE stream c. 6m to the E. This well is dedicated to St. Patrick and is described as such on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It was described in 1991 (SMR file) as an overgrown re Monument Type: Ritual […]

This well, dedicated to St. Patrick, is a small artificial opening in the steep face of a hillslope. It is partly overlain by a flat slab. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 68) Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Tobar Phadraig or St. Patrick’s Well, near Ballymich Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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

On a low-lying area of limestone karst with low hills to the NE and SE, and a turlough to the NW. Gluain Phadraig is listed in a 15th century document (O’Donovan 1843, 83). There is a modern five-sided well (RO044-013001-) (int. dims 1m N-S; 1m E-W; D 0. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]