Christian Sites

Built into rising ground at the base of the S-facing slope of Knocknaskea hill. The E-W island road is 2m to S. Named ‘St. Derivlas Well’ on the 1838 and 1921 OS 6-inch maps, this holy well consists of a drystone subrectangular structure (int. 1.5m N Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Close to lake shore, c. 130m ENE of early ecclesiastical remains (GA041-037001-). It consists of a natural spring, dry at time of visit. It is delimited by a subcircular drystone wall (D 1.6m) with a gap at SW. Now overgrown and no traces of veneration a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

On the rocks at E point of the island. A natural pothole below HWM which is regarded locally as a holy well (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I – West Ga Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Just above HWM on N shore of the island. The well (GA050-010001-) and the ‘Monument’ (GA050-010003-) indicated on OS 6-inch maps as being dedicated to St Brendan are locally associated with St Columcille and visited on his day (pers. comm. T. Robinson). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Killanin (1954, 101) notes that just to the S of St Mathias’s church (GA050-011001-) there is a well. No visible surface trace of it survives and there is no cartographical or local information to confirm its existence. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At LWM on N shore of the large bay on E coast of the island. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille (pers. comm. T. Robinson), it consists of a small natural pothole (D 0.25m) on the outer flank of a rock, with a number of coins in it. A few stones piled on t Monument Type: […]

On W side of the island c. 260m from shore. Known locally as Tobar Éinne, it consists of a small natural spring in the rock, delimited by a roughly rectangular drystone wall (L 2.2m, Wth 0.9m) with two entrances at NE and SW. There is a small alcove at Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

At N end of the island, just N of the former coastguard station, on the boundary between the subdivisions of Baile an Lurgáin and Baile Thios. It consists of an unenclosed natural spring at the foot of a low but vertical limestone scarp. A simple Latin Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

nuns, founded 6th century (in the time of St Senan),[notes 28] sited between Scattery and Limerick

On foreshore just above HWM at S end of the island. It consists of a natural circular, but shallow, bowl-shaped hollow (D 0.2m) on the sloping, S face of a prominent rock. Associated with St Macdara whose island is visible to S. The above description is Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Recorded by Fahy (1957b, 65) prior to flooding by Lee Valley Hydro-electric Scheme. Well stood to N of Inishleena abbey (CO072-044002-), at foot of rock cliff and was traditionally associated with abbey and regarded as a holy well. It was enclosed within 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