Christian Sites

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Kiltegan. According to Lynch (1994, 647) there is a holy well known as ‘St Tegan’s Well’ in the townland of Kiltegan that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Wakeman (1891, 700) mentions St. Tiernans well which lay in the vicinity of Kiltiernan Church (DU026-020001-). Not precisely located.Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

It is believed that at a spot called Lough an Airne or Lus Na nAirne (McGill 1976, 26) there was a graveyard (DG064-016001-) almost certainly the site of the original Ceall, (Church) which forms part of the name of Kiltoorish. The site is covered by a de Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

The OS Letters (1839) (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 45-6), refer to, ‘a holy well called Tobar Philip (Tober Philip) where there was a ‘Patron’ held until about sixty years ago. It was discontinued in consequence of a man named Byrne having been kill 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

Located towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a low E-W ridge. Marked on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Kiltrisk Well in gothic letters on both. This is a natural spring with no evidence of veneration. Kiltrisk church s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Situated in a low-lying position between drumlins with a small NE-SW stream c. 20m to the NW. St Bridgiet’s holy well is at the entrance to the lane leading to Kiltubbrid graveyard (LE024-021002-) from the W, c. 35m from the gate. It is incorporated in Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Some 100m SSW of a church (GA018-027002-). It consists of a spring well enclosed by a small unroofed oval drystone chamber oval drystone chamber (E-W 0.6m, N-S 0.5m) opening out to W. (Melvin c. 1971, 15) The above description is derived from the publis Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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

In low-lying poorly drained pasture, on the W bank of a stream. A U-shaped hollow (1.6m NW-SE; 2m NE-SW), choked with grass and rushes, cut into the SE perimeter of a stepped barrow (SL038-120001-). The hollow no longer holds water though its base is dam Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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