Christian Sites

Situated at the base of a slope at the source of an ENE-flowing stream within a heavily-wooded thicket. The well has dried up. Remains comprise a circular setting of stones (diam. 2m). The well is said to have been created by St. Feichin of Ballisodare, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated in low-lying, wet pasture. Annotated ‘Tober Fintan’ and depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a spring well. Monument described in 1978 as a very small, natural surface spring, rising in waterlogged ground. The well is enclosed 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

Situated at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Blackwater river valley to the N. Tobar Mocuda, which was venerated in May until the late 19th century (OS Name Books), is a pond (diam. 3.5m; D 0.5m) adjacent to the NW edge of rath (WA028-002001-). C Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Located on the SW bank of a small NW-SE stream, c. 50m SE of the bridge (MO031-105—-) and c. 80m NNE of Maheross church (MO031-035001-). A well close to the bridge is depicted on an illustration of Essex Castle (MO031-034001-) from 1736, albeit on the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In NW quadrant of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA043-080001-). This well was noted by O’Donovan in 1839 (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 46) and is marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map; on 3rd ed. (1930), the words ‘Site of’ are appended. No visible surface Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located in a thicket of blackthorn in rough wet pasture, bordered to SW by a field drain.This holy well is named ‘Tober Kevna’ on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. A drystone wall (Wth 0.5m; H 0.8m) encloses a roughly circular space (2.5m NE–SW; 2. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Situated on a level low-lying landscape. It is described as ‘Tober Lasair’ in gothic script on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It survives as a natural spring surrounded by stones with the foundations of a small structure (dims c. 1m squ Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Situated in low-lying pasture, with limited views, c. 36m to SE of a stream. Within flat cemetery (WM020-074—-). Annotated ‘Tober Lastragh’on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. Monument described in 1976 as a largely dried up well defined by a concrete surr Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Possible holy well annotated in Gothic script as ‘Tober Luibe’ on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 13 July 2018 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the NW-facing slope of a slight ridge in a low-lying landscape. A well where the pattern was held between 15th Aug. and 8th Sep. was venerated in the 19th century (O’Flanagan 1928, 238; D’Alton 1845, 84), but it is no longer visible. Church (RO001-009 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located in mixed woodland at the bottom of an E-facing slope. The name ‘Tober Murray’ on the OS 6-inch maps is properly Tober Mhuire – Mary’s Well (OSNB No. 84, 15), and there was a pattern at this well until c. 1800 (ibid.). However, the memory Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]