Christian Sites

Site of Tobar Bríde situated immediately W of a field boundary, in poorly drained, undulating pasture. The site is sheltered to N, E and S and has good views to W. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 213) as ‘a strong spring issuing from the rock…the wat Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At the base of a W-facing slope, in a wet and scrubby oblong depression, immediately E of the Kiltanon River. It is depicted and named as ‘Toberbreedia’ on all OS historic mapping. According to Curry (OSL, vol. 2, 1839, 283), ‘there is another holy Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In level pasture, on S side of stream. Semi-circular waterlogged area (L c. 5m) used to water cattle. In mid-1950s ’rounds still made, but not often’ (Ó Danachair 1955, 205). Visited on 1st Feb. and reputed to have cure blindness (ibid.).Compiled by: De Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Holahan (1883, 83) mentions that, ‘In Rossdama, within less than a mile of Bridget’s Well, is a “holy well,” [KK018-095—-] over which grew an oak tree called “the Blessed Tree.” Pilgrimages were made at this well on the Feast of St. John the Baptist, u Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 208) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Toberbreedy on 1840 map. A slow spring, lined with stone, in an open field behind Kilbreedy church ruin. Still known as a holy well, but no devotions have been practised for o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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On the td. boundary close to lakeshore, 300m SE of the Augustinian abbey (GA069-001013-). It consists of a natural overgrown oval spring (E-W 2m, N-S 1.5m) bounded by a field wall composed of roughly built limestone blocks. (Cochrane 1901, 319; Fahey 190 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Some 4m S of a church (GA065-007001-). Known locally as Tobar Bhriocáin (pers. comm. T. Robinson), this well is a natural spring, dry at time of visit, which emerges from the base of a large rock. It is delimited by a low D-shaped drystone wall, and a l Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

In pasture, on the SE outskirts of Swinford town. This holy well is shown on the 1838 edition OS 6-inch map, where it is named ‘Toberbride’; on the 1919 edition the location is marked as ‘Toberbride (Site of)’. There is no visible trace of the we Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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 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 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