Christian Sites

Visited on St Fintan’s feast day, the 17th of February. Pebbles from it are thought to act as preservatives against shipwreck or accidental death (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 337). Situated in undulating countryside. A clear spring visible. Cremogue church a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope of Slievecoiltia Hill and at the headwaters of a small N-S stream. It is just outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX039-009003-) at SW. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and descri Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Situated on a S-facing slope overlooking a stream. Natural spring apparently named after St Martin of Tours. There is no local tradition of a pattern, although Price (1958, 356-7) states that rags and medals were left here at one time. The above descrip Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a small NW-SE valley. This limestone block (dims 0.9m x 0.5m; H 0.7m) is known locally as a mass-rock. 128812,RO06380,MARO,RO003-020004-,ROSCOMMON,BRIDGECARTRON OR DERRYCASHEL,R168790,587164,811007,54.048066280000000,-8.196004240000001,Mass-rock,Not indicated,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO003-020004-,On a shelf at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. A mass-rock consisting of a slab of Old Red Sandsone (dims 0.8m x 0.75-1.35m; T 0.1m) suppported on […]

Unlocated possible holy well within the grounds of Bel Air Hotel, today there are no surface remains of any bullaun stones or of a well in the vicinity of the hotel. The owner of the hotel has no knowledge of their location. In 1938 Liam Price visited Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Situated to the E of a river valley and the N81. A holy well named on OS 1843 ed. as ‘Toberagh’. The former site of this well is along the entranceway to an Eastern Health Board Nursing Home. Ua Broin (1957, 45) suggested there may have been a number of Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

This road-side high cross stands c. 110m NW of Tully church (DU026-023003-). It is a plain granite ring-headed cross (H 2.34m by 0.9m across the ring) of c. 10th/11th-century date and is set into a cube-shaped base (H 2m); this was done sometime after 1860 (Corlett 2014, 100). There is a shingle design on the […]

In the corner of a field, on a N-facing slope. A waterlogged muddy overgrown area and some moss-covered stones mark the site of the well. A local legend, recorded in 1836, told that the mother of Cormac Mac Airt gave birth to Cormac while collecting wate Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At Crossbane church and graveyard site (CV040-021001-). Within the enclosure is the site of an infilled well (local information). Possibly the site of a holy well. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County C Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated c. 90m E of Scurlock’s Graveyard (WI005-027001-) on a gentle SE-facing slope c. 35m from the shore of the Blessington Reservoir. A spring feeding into a natural gully. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventor Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pasture, on gentle slope beside stream. Concrete basin used as drinking trough for animals. According to O’Leary (1919, 84) ‘…as no votive offerings are to be seen, apparently “rounds” are no longer made’. O Murchadha (1967, 16) identifies this well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

‘Well of the Two White Cats’: much venerated in former times,… now difficult to find’. (Roberts 1988). Site not located. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Statio Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer