Christian Sites

Tobar Chiaráin: This ‘well’ is simply a hollow in a rock where rain and sea-spray collect. It is situated beside Wine Strand and the turas which was formerly made here each day of May also included a visit to a well in the adjacent townland of Caherquin Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

25 (Precise location not discovered) 85, (Ó Muirgheasa No. 56). Described in 1936 as ‘St. Begley’s Holy Well is near the graveyard of Tulach a Begley. There is no saint of this name in the martyrologies, but there is a St. Bigill of Tulach commemorated Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Tobar na bhFaithní: Dense vegetation obscures this well which is situated in poor, marshy land, on the E bank of a stream. The water apparently had curative powers but it is not known whether the well was ever considered holy (An Seabhac 1939, 103).The Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On shoreline, covered by tide at high water, ‘yet on its receding, the water … is found perfectly fresh’ (Burke 1908, 119). Now modernised, surrounding area reclaimed. Steps down into well; concrete cover and lining. Cross slab (CO153-018001-) stands b Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Spring well enclosed by roughly set slabs with opening from which stream flows southwards. No evidence that well is in holy use at present. According to O’Donoghue (1986, 236), ‘Toberan Aoine (well of the fasting)’.T Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the lakeshore, 450m S of the Augustinian abbey (GA069-001013-). Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1934) but mentioned previously by Fahey (1904, 135). Not located: however, an old estate well has collapsed in the area and its rubble may obscure it. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

St Bridget’s Well consists of a natural spring well in a hollow in a field under tillage. Described in 1975 as a ‘natural spring in bushy hollow in ploughed field’ (Henry A. Wheeler 13/05/1975, SMR File). No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 19). Now appear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Unlocated holy wells within the townland of Ballaghanoher that are described in the nineteenth century OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927 vol. 2, 2). The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly’ (Dublin: Stati Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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

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

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Ballinacor. According to Lynch (1994, 639) there is a holy well in the townland of Ballinacor that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection ( IFC S 921: 24). The folk Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer