Christian Sites

In a low-lying area close to NW foot of Doon Hill. Recorded by O’Flaherty in 1684 as ‘a well in memory of the seaven [sic] daughters’ (Hardiman 1846, 109), it consists of a small spring delimited by a low rectangular grass-covered wall (2m by 1.8m) openi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

On N side of track to W of a house cluster and c. 150m SW of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA009D025002-). Known locally as Scáithín, probably from the saint’s name, it consists of a small natural spring, now dry and stopped with turf, in a small Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Situated at the bottom of a fairly steep scarp that is at the bottom of a N-facing slope, with an E-W stream c. 65m to the N. The well is marked on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as ‘White Well’ in gothic script on both. There i Monument […]

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

Reference top a closed-up holy well known as St Kevin’s (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 54). Not located. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Formerly situated in a Green off Walkinstown Crescent. Known as ‘Toberacreena’ it was regarded as a holy well. The water was thought to cure eye troubles. A bush with rags attached had overhung the well (Ua Broin 1942, 109-110). There are no visible rema Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

William Scott’s Well: This spring well, locally regarded as a holy well, is located high on the NE slopes of Colly mountain just below the old Waterville-Killorglin road. It is a small natural pool from which a stream issues, and is reputedly named after Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated on the NW side of a small narrow valley. Loosely set stones form a circle (diam. 6m) around the original location of the well which is now diverted into a field ditch. No surviving local traditions. The map name means ‘tobar Mhuire’ indicating a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located on the N bank of an E-W stream in a slight E-W valley. This is a natural spring which rises into a pool and overflows into the stream to the S. A modern statue of a saint and an iron cross on a concrete plinth are visible. It is still venerated, Monument Type: Ritual […]

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

According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 359-60) there was a holy well called Tobar Cholmáin that had a cure for sore eyes within a furlong (c. 200m) of the church (WX040-022001-) at Yoletown, but its location is not kno Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated in a hillocky area on a SE-facing slope. This holy well is a natural spring which flows into an open pool. Though not marked on the OS 6-inch map a lane leads from the main track right up to the well. Maintained and still visited, the well is en Monument Type: Ritual site – […]