Christian Sites

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 Eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well on both. It is situated on an E and NE-facing slope with the headwaters of a SW-NE stream c. 80m to the SE. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

According to the OS Letters (1839), ‘There is a holy well called Lady’s Well in the Townland of Ballyda, much venerated still and frequented on the 15th of August by great numbers of devotees’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 274 (92)). O’Kelly (1969, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1955, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Toberreendoney “Lady’s Well” and “St Bridget’s Well” on 1840 map. “Three holy wells, not much frequented at present” OSNB. Two of the wells still exist, the third has been clo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1955, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘”Lady’s Well” on 1840 map. A small spring in an open field. For long neglected, but recently embellished with a statue of Our Lady and enclosed by a fence and gate. Formerly Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated on a level landscape on the E shore of Lady’s Island Lough, with the lake’s edge c. 75m to the W. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as ‘Lady’s Well’. According to J Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as Lady’s Well on both. It is located on a NE-facing slope, in a recess on the N side of an E-W lane. This is a closed well with a pump-house nearby. There is no rec Monument Type: […]

In a natural cleft in rock on a N-facing slope, at the E end of small yew grove enclosed by a stone wall (dims. c. 16m NE-SW; c. 7m NW-SE), in the grounds of Bayswell House. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 303), ‘Up to sixty or seventy years ago thi Monument Type: Ritual site […]

In gentle depression of improved pasture, within the E angle of a field boundary (and at the convergence of three different field boundaries), and is in Co. Limerick, approx. 16m N of the county boundary. A natural spring (dims. 0.9m E-W; 0.75m N-S) defi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated on W-facing slope in a mature forestry plantation. Holy well in the parish of Glenealy that was annotated ‘Lady’s Well’ on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. On this map a farmhouse now gone was shown 40m to the SSE of ‘Lady’s Well’. The holy well l Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope; c. 10m SSW of early ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-). No evident trace remains. Ó Danachair (1955, 204) noted ‘only a vague tradition in the district’ of this well. Site of Sunday’s Well (LI037-025005-) c. 4 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On a SSW-facing slope of rising ground in undulating countrside with nearby castle (TS051-003—-) c. 100m to N. A natural spring well much overgrown with evidence of internal stone facing, with no roof over the well. There are no apparent religious asso Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In the car park at the rear of the town hall in Killarney. A circular well (diam. 1.1m; D 2.03m) enclosed by a stone-built structure with a modern slate roof and an iron gate. Steps lead down c. 0.75m from the ground to the well water (D 0.1m). The base Monument Type: Ritual site – […]