Christian Sites

On a N-facing slope in pastureland. This natural spring well is known as ‘St Erneen’s well’. It is enclosed by a circular drystone-built wall with a gap (Wth 0.9m), now blocked with wooden fencing, opening to the N. It is capped with a circular sto Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located in pasture on the floor of a N-S valley, at the bottom of the W-facing slope. It is depicted on the 1835 and the revised 1944 editions of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘St. Everan’s Well’. John O’Donovan, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At the foot of a steep N-facing slope, on the S shore of Kenmare Bay. The well, which is dedicated to St Finan, lies outside the NE corner of a graveyard (KE093-035002-) in which are the ruins of a church (KE093-035001-) associated with St Finan. It is c Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 216) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘St James Well on 1840 map. A small well in an open field. Still known as a holy well, but devotions have long since ceased. The water cured stomach pains’.See attached photos Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In pasture, on a steep W-facing slope. No visible surface trace of well that, according to local information, was removed and its source tapped- a pump-house and water trough now stand at this location. Holy Well described in 1840 as a ‘spring well, abou Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In a slight natural dip c. 20m W of a children’s burial ground (CL038-007002-). The well is located at the junction of two former field boundaries in a rushy area some 40m NW of a stream. Named ‘St John’s Well’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. The well is mark Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Located in POULACAPPLE, County CLARE. At the base of a S-facing cliff 350m W of the Rathborney River. In 1839, O’Donovan and Curry recorded its dedication to St John (Comber, 1997).A well-preserved holy well formed from a natural spring in a limestone channel (Wth 0.8m) enclosed by a subci Archaeological Survey Reference: CL005-014006- Data sourced […]

Annotated ‘St. Kenny’s Well’ on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map and as ‘St Kenny’s Well (Site of)’ on the 1863 edition of the OSi 25-inch map. Site of chapel DU012-009001-) immediately to E. No surface remains visible. No tradition survives (Ó Danachair 1 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Holy well marked on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps as ‘St. Kevin’s Keeve’. Described by Healy (1972, 150) as ‘St. Kevin’s Keeve (bath) is located on the Glendasan River just below the old disused dam. It is a natural pool approximately four by two Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Some 45m WNW of Teampall Chiaráin (GA111-002001-). Known locally as Tobar Chiaráin, it consists of a natural spring filling a hollow in the rock at the inner end of a U-shaped enclosure (L c. 3m, Wth c. 2m). The latter is built of massive limestone blo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Marked on the 1841-42 and 1916 OS maps as ‘St Macadaw’s Well’, it is also known locally as St Brigid’s Well.Situation and Description: This is a small clear well in a shallow hollow with some drystone work about the well.Rounds/Offerings: According to lo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1955, 210) recorded the following details about St Margaret’s Well; ‘small open well in the garden of a new cottage. No devotions now, and only a vague tradition that it was a holy well. “There are stations performed at this well for the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]