Christian Sites

Immediately S of a public road. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as ‘Tobernanaspog’. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 361) mentions this well as, ‘Tubbernanaspug, or the Well of the Bishops’. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located on the S side of a crossroad in Aghagower village, immediately outside the wall of a graveyard (MA088-063002-), which encloses a medieval church (MA088-063001-) and round tower (MA088-063003-). The graveyard wall kinks around the well. The well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A slight depression just beside a small stream probably indicates the location of the destroyed well. (O’ Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 7) The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly’ (Dublin: Stationery Offic Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a broad flat river valley, c. 60m N of the Nuenna River and c, 16m S of the road. According to the OS Letters (1839), the well, ‘in the Townland of Tobar na Peisté to which it gave its name signifying the Well of the Worm in which it is said people w Monument […]

Tobernaplaw/Tobar na Plá (The Well of the Plague): A pool of stagnant water marks the site of this well which formerly consisted of a spring with a small stream flowing S from it (OSNB Kildrum, 32). It lies about 140m to NW of the early church site at K Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 205) recorded the following details about Tobar na Róimhe [Well of Rome]; ‘Tobernarova on 1840 map. The well described in OSNB as “about eighteen inches (0.45m) deep, twelve inches [0.3m] wide at its mouth and twenty-four [0.61m] at Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Natural spring well situated at the bottom of an E-facing hillslope with a church (TS046-002001-) and graveyard (TS046-002003-) to the W. This is a natural spring which runs into the adjoining stream immediately to the E of the well. There is no evidence Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At W-end of pasture field. Oval pond (c. 7m N-S; 11m E-W) defined by earthen field boundary SW-NNW but overgrown with briars NNW-ESE. Area heavily poached by cattle. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 206) as ‘a good spring … now used for watering cattle Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Holy Well recorded in 1936 as ‘There is a Holy Well at Toigh Tunnaigh, about half a mile from the ” Rock Chapel,” Ballyshannon. Turus still made, but on no particular day. Rags on the bushes around’ (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 144). Compiled by Caimin O’Brien Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps as ‘Tobernaseeth’ (Tobar na Saighead – well of the arrows).Situation and Description: This well is situated in a large field to the right of Kissane’s house. It has now been covered over by a concrete building, and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In good pasture, NE of ecclesiastical enclosure ‘Killeenaskeagh’ (MA118-047001-). Oval-shaped, dry stone wall (3.5m N-S; 5.2m E-W) encloses a well (D 0.4m), 1.1m below ground level. Two steps at the entrance (Wth 1.7m) on the NW lead to water. The above Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Described in 1976 as a ‘fine spring still flowing. It is directly to the W of a ringfort (WM024-063—-). At the E head of the well is a limestone boulder (WM024-060001-) of square shape which may have been deliberately erected there’ (SMR File 23/ Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]