Christian Sites

Ó Danachair (1955, 208) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Lady’s Well on 1840 map. A little clear spring beside the ruin of Fantstown church. Formerly much visited, but hardly ever now. A pattern was held on 15th August up to about Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

According to the OS Letters of 1839 this well was ‘called Lady’s Well, at which a Patron was held on the 15th of August till about twenty years ago, as also on the eigth of September. The well lies about a quarter of a mile north east of the Church [KK00 Monument Type: Ritual site […]

Annotated ‘Lady’s Well’ on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map, Mulhuddart church ruins (DU013-010001-) and graveyard (DU013-010001-) 270m to NNE. Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This vaulted well-house stands by the roadside which marks the townland bo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On N side of public road. Rectangular area in grass (12m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by hedging on W, N, and E sides by low wall with railing on S side. Well is located midway along S wall. Well is enclosed by 2m high circular stone wall (diam. c. 2.8m); acce Monument Type: Ritual site […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 210) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Lady’s Well on 1840 map. A good spring in the fosse of a ring fort (LI047-068005-). Now built up with concrete, with an overflow trough for cattle drinking. “Lady’s Well, now Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1955, 207) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Lady’s Well on 1840 map. A small well in Ballylanders churchyard; the water from the well flows into a small overflow basin. Now embellished with statues of Our Lady and St B Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on a fairly level landscape with slightly higher ground to the E. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 says it is a holy well but Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in the valley of a small NNW-SSE stream at a point where the stream runs W-E c. 20m to the N and turns S where it is c. 20m t […]

In pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope. No visible surface trace. According to local information, people in the former Ballygriffin House (TS060-055—-), c. 200m to SW, used to draw water from this well. Probably disused when a later well was sunk clos 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 in the little valley of a NW-SE stream, on the NE bank of the stream. It is described as ‘Lady’s Well’ in Gothic script on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It was described in the 1940s as a stone-lined spring (SMR file), but there is Monument Type: Ritual site […]

At base of S bank of a ringfort (TS062-121001-) on gradual SSE-facing slope in undulating terrain, in pasture. Well consists of a muddy pool with water flowing into the well along the fosse of the ringfort. It is defined along its E side by an earthen ba Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]