Christian Sites

In pasture, c. 60m to S of burial ground (CO070-066—-). Now out of use and in disrepair. Present position of stones indicates that well was originally rectangular (2.2m x 1.5m), lined on three sides with upright orthostats and covered with lintels. Loc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Well now dry; enclosed on three sides by beehive-like structure of dry-stone walling with corbelled roof. Niche in each wall on inside. Opening to S. According to O’Donoghue (1986, 234), ‘St. Lachteen’s well’.The above desc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1960, 77) recorded the following details about a well which he located in the townland of Ballynaglisha; ‘” Tobar na bhFaithni” – local. “Saghas tobair leighis ” An Seabhac, op. cit.’. Site visited on the 10/10/2000 and described as situat Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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

In rough grazing. Irregular depression covered with metal sheeting. Well is dry and known locally as ‘wart well’. According to O’Donoghue (1986, 232),’Tober Seanganach (well of the place abounding in ants)’. The above description is derived from the pub 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