Christian Sites

Killanin and Duignan (1967, 302) describe the church in Ballyogan as, ‘Páirc an Teampaill, alias the Chapel Field, site in turn of an early monastery (High Cross now at Graiguenamanagh) and a manorial church’, giving the location as half a mile W of Galmoy Castle, by the roadside. The church, though not indicated on any […]

On a S-facing slope c. 25m from W bank of a stream flowing roughly N-S, in pasture. According to Power (1908, 9-10) the field is known as the ‘Field of the Early Church Site’ and was sacred to St. Bearachan. The red sandstone mass-rock (H 0.81m) is located immediately W face of a N-S field […]

According to Power (1952, 22) there was a holy well called Tobar Naoimh Gibéin – St Geibin’s Well at Ballyphillip. It remains unlocated. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. Compiled by: Michael Moore Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Piped spring on the edge of a natural platform, situated on the slope of a stream valley. There are no local traditions, although Price (1958, 355-6) mentions it was formerly the location of a pattern, and that it had a cure for headaches. The above des Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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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

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. 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 […]