Christian Sites

In pasture, on N side of Awbeg River c. 250m W of tower house (14353). Recently cleared of overgrowth; depression, filled with water, now visible. Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, 145) noted ‘well dedicated to St Patrick, on whose anniversary a patron [sic] Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A spring well over which there was an upright slab with an incised cross-and-circle (Ó Danachair 1960, 77). There is a vague tradition that this was a holy well. There is no trace of a well or a cross-slab at the location indicated by Ó Danachair. Howe Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Spring well which, according to Hartnett (1939, 95), is associated with grave of Fr John O’Callaghan in graveyard (CO071-102001-) to S. Water from well was mixed with earth from grave and mixture either swallowed (for internal ailments) or applied extern Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On low-lying ground, c. 40m SE of a castle (GA069-013001-). A natural spring well set in a drystone circular enclosure (D 1.6m) with a narrow entrance at E. The small stone-lined rectangular well lies in W sector of the enclosure. The above description Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Tobar Ghobnait: A modernised holy well where rounds are still made on St. Gobnait’s day, the 11th of February. It lies about 200m to SW of a possible early ecclesiastical site also named for St. Gobnait (KE052-003001-).Folklore collected from Kilgobnet S Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Close to N shore of Inis Meáin. Dedicated to St Isleamáin, who when ‘sailing by, is said to have landed in search of water and left the prints of his knees and hands in the ground by the well’ (Robinson 1980). It consists of a natural spring defined by Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

At the N end of Inismeáin, at the head of the new pier. Robinson (1980) recorded this mass-rock (numbered 21) along the foreshore on his map of the island and noted that it was known as ‘Carraig an Aifrinn’, and that it was ‘a stone with a cross-like mark’ where mass ‘was celebrated secretly nearby […]

Bowman (1934, 252) recorded holy well in D. Murphy’s; ‘Rounds have not been paid within living memory. Water from this well will “crack” milk.’ Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of Co Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The Ordnance Survey Letters refer to a well called ‘Michael’s Well’ in the SE part of Charlestown graveyard (LH014-018003-). (CLAJ 1923, 202) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 30 May 2012 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The well is virtually unrecognisable and is covered with overgrowth. Impossible to examine due to dense overgrowth. Large boulder marked on OS 6-inch map as ‘Christs Stone’ (OF016-030002-) beside holy well. The above description is derived from the publ Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Known as the Chink well, this natural spring well is located deep in a sea cave below the boundary wall of Portraine Demesne. Folklore collected from Swords School recorded that; ‘Along the coast at Portrane there are many interesting caves, and inlets, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

According to Hogan (1880-83, 41-4), ‘The well of the cross, or as it is more popularly called the “Patron Well,” springs from under a small stone-roofed apse on the north side of the road, between the village [Cuffesgrange] and the church [KK023-03 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer