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Holy Well Donegal

ANAGAIRE Holy Well

OS 41 (Precise location not discovered) 55. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Tobar Naoimh Dhubhthaigh is a Holy Well at Annagry. I have no information regarding its station. The four Saints from which Cnoc na Naomh, near Maghera roarty, in Cloghane Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Laois

ANATRIM Holy Well

Situated 130m NW of Anatrim Church (LA016-016003-). Pattern day on 3rd November that was held at the well up until the 1830’s (Carrigan 1905, 146-150). A subcircular spring well (dims. 2.2m x 2.1m; D 1.2m) lined internally with drystone masonry at N and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Cork

ANNABELLA, part of Holy Well

Named ‘Toberaroughta’ on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps; ‘site of’ on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Mallow railway station now occupies site. The OS Field Book of 1839 gives ‘Tobar an Uchta’ or ‘Well of the Breast’ (Bolster 1971, 88). According to Grove White (1905- Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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Holy Well Wicklow

ANNACRIVEY Holy Well

The OS Letters (1838/40) note ‘a blessed well in Anacrivy townland’ (O’Flanagan 1928, 6). Not located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 01 February 2013 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Sligo

ANNAGH (Coolavin By.) Holy Well

In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope c. 100m NW of a graveyard (SL046-026001-). This well is named ‘St. Patrick’s Well’ on the 1838 and 1914 OS 6-inch maps. Inspection was difficult due to dense overgrowth of hawthorn bushes and brambles, and it Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

ANNAGH (Ibrickan By.) Holy Well

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

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Holy Well Westmeath

ANNAGH Holy Well

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 research Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Sligo

ANNAGH MORE (Leyny By.) Holy Well

O’Rorke (1878, 397) mentioned that a well, on the bank of the Owenmore River near the new pump, was formerly called St. Anne’s well, though the late Major O’Hara used to call it Fechin’s well. The exact location of this well is not known but O’Rorke (ibi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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Holy Well Offaly

ANNAGHBRACK GLEBE,KILLOUGHY Holy Well

Unlocated holy well near the church of Killoughy (Shaw Rev. 1971, 53-4). The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revise Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Mass Rock Louth

ANNALOUGHAN Mass Rock

Situated on the lower SSW slopes of Slievenaglogh. Two stones, one positioned on top of the other, incorporated into a boundary fence. Mass celebrated here during Penal times (O.S. Memoranda 6718A & B). 92295,LH01790,MARO,LH022-005002-,LOUTH,CALLYSTOWN,R180709,716065,784788,53.799678510000000,-6.238107980000000,Mass-rock,Not indicated,’St. Dennis’s Alter’,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH022-005002-,Marked on the 1912 OS 6-inch map as ‘St. Dennis’s Altar’. A large rectangular slab with a flat surface […]

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Holy Well Clare

ANNEVILLE Holy Well

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

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Holy Well Donegal

ANNY FAR AND NEAR Holy Well

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Anny Far and Near that was recorded by Ó Muirgheasa (No. 86) in 1936 and described as, ‘near by at Anney there is a well on the seashore, now washed by the tide, whose waters are regarded as a cure for headache Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

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