Christian Sites

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Natural spring well known as St. Kieran’s Well consists of a circular shaft sunken into the ground which is encased within a drystone wall. The well was dry at time of inspection with no evidence of any votive offerings in the fill of the well. A large t Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 389-90) St. Feichin’s holy well, ‘was formerly beside his church of Cill-Feichin [KK022-021001-], but it removed thence, owing to some act of profanation, and broke out again about a half a mile to the south-west Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

High Cross located in Fermanagh.

Augustinian Canons Regular cell, dependent on Killagha — probably not conventual, possibly a vicarage; founded after 1216; dissolved before 1428

Located in the N half of an ecclesiastical enclosure (DG084-001001-), and c. 15m N of a graveyard (DG084-001002-) which is located in the S half of an oval enclosure (DG084-084-001011-). This holy well is not indicated on the 1836 OS 6-inch map; it is na Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated at the side of the road, beside a cul-de-sac. The well is covered over but the site of the holy well is indicated by a wall tablet which identifies it as the ‘Ragwell’. It was formerly visited on May Eve. There is a tradition that the water cure Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

In low-lying marshy ground to E of a small stream. A small semicircular well (E-W 1.57, N-S 0.6m) enclosed by a mortared stone wall and accessible via an entrance gap and step at SE. According to local information, a bishop who resided in the vicinity of Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Holy well depicted as ‘Doaghfeighin’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Delimited by a quadrangular setting of upright stones about 1m square and 1m high. The west side is formed from dry stone walling (Bradley et. al. 1985, 94). Large ash tree with votiv Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

On E side of a road in a quarry. Known locally as Tobar Naomh Phádraig, it consists of a natural spring which has been interfered with by blasting. It is said that the man who did this fell and broke his leg on the same day two years running (info. T. R Monument Type: Ritual […]

On SW slope of a valley running NW from Loch Shéamaisín Uí Niaidh. It consists of a small natural spring under some hawthorn bushes. Beside it is a flat stone with many small depressions, regarded as the footprints of a child, a lamb and other animals Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

On the SW of the mound surrounding the well is a small portable basin-stone (DG058-002002-) with a depression .23m in diameter and 0.09m deep. The well was described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘St. Conall’s Holy Well at Derryleacconnell, not far from Do Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]