Christian Sites

Holy well dedicated to St. Patrick was described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as following; ‘Tradition says that there was a well on the hill of Uisneach called St. Patrick’s’ (OSL 1837, 14/G/13/12 (19)). Holy well described by Schot (2016) as; ‘Shown 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

Located towards the bottom of a S and E-facing slope. In the Ballagh river valley. Towards the bottom of an E-facing slope in the Ballagh river valley. Known as ‘Tober Molaise’ and described as a holy well dedicated to St Molaise of Devinsish, Co. Ferman Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated on the E side of a small N-S valley with the stream c. 30m to the W. Described in Gothic lettering as the site of St. Patrick’s Well only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, although a well is indicated on the 1839 ed. of the map on the W side […]

Situated on a low knoll of a general S-facing slope, and on the N side of an ENE-WSW road from the Roman Catholic church (LE018-028001-). A well is marked on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map, but it is not named. According to John O’Dono Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Marked simply as a well on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a fold on a W-facing slope at the headwaters of a short NE-SW stream that joins the N-S Milltown stream, c. 350m to the SW. It is held locally to have been the origina Monument Type: […]

Some 80m to the north-east of Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001—-). Two holy wells are named ‘Lanfera’s Wells’ on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. By the time of 3rd ed. (1947-8), the words ‘Site of’ were added to the north-west well. Both wells still survive, the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Kilnamanagh graveyard (WX021-024003-) is marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and it is situated on a gentle E-facing slope with the headwaters of a small W-E stream just to the N. The well is indicated on the same edition of the map, but it was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 194), there is, ‘a well, reputed holy, a little to the north of Conahy chapel. People used to pilgrim around it formerly’. This reference may refer to a well which is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map, c. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Three fresh-water springs (DG004-055002/003-) defined by circles of stones on the muddy foreshore. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Cathal Dubh’s three boiling wells at Strabreagy are three little bubbling springs on the Black Rock in Drumaville to Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On a level flood plain of River Suir, on the N bank, in reclaimed marsh land used for grazing. According to Power (1907, 306) ‘Tobar Naoimh Mharanáin (Mo Fhorannam) – “St. Forannan’s Well”: [is located] close by last [St. Brigid’s Church]’. It is also m Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

On a low-lying landscape c. 150m NE of the SE end of Lough Cronin. This is a circular well (diam. 4m; D 1.7m) known locally as Toberakay, where patterns were held on the three Sundays before Garland Sunday (Kelly 1907, 5) which was in late July or early Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]