Christian Sites

Situated in a slight hollow on the S bank of a river. A stone-faced square-shaped well (dims. 1m x 1m x 0.75m D) with a stream flowing out of the N face into the nearby river. The well is contained within a large concrete wall. It is dedicated to St John Monument Type: Ritual site […]

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Some 50m S of St James’s Chapel (GA094-038—- ). Briefly mentioned in OS Letters as ‘St. James’s Well … destroyed by a mill race made about 40 years ago’ (O’Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 341). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is der Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

The OS Letters (0’Flanagan 1928, 118) noted a holy well in Newtown called ‘Tubber na Buadh’ (the Well of the Victory). Not yet located by ASI. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 12 July 2013 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Annotated ‘Tobernapiobaire’ (Tobar an Phíobaire /The Piper’s Well) on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown as a spring well with stream flowing N from N side of well. Outline of well visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken between 2011-1 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 head of a high cross was formerly built into the roadside wall in the NE corner of the graveyard at Girley (ME023-022—-) but was removed between the 1960s (Harbison 1990-1, 134-8) and 1984 (Moore 1987, 136, No. 1408). A small sketch of this was published by Crawford (1926, 9-10). (Harbison 1992, 94) 112636,ME00192,HICR,ME005-071002-,MEATH,NOBBER,R183028,682390,786486,53.821353209999998,-6.748685900000000,Cross – […]

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

A holy well known as Lady’s Well was situated to NE of chruch (LA021-010001-). St Molua’s Well (LA021-047002-) was situated in the next field. Unlocated holy well known as Lady’s Well within townland described by Carrigan as ‘Her holy well called ‘Lady’s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pasture, on E side of field fence. Well lined with wall of stone and cement. Wall built up on one side to encase flat unmarked slab. Metal cross mounted on top of wall. According to local information, ‘visited in May and associated with Our Lady’. Loc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Situated in a N facing cliff edge overlooking a grassy field adjacent to the coastline and the railway line. A holy well consisting of a brick built vault partially covering a chamber which leads into a lintelled recess. This originally lead into a furth Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated in a hollow on a marked SE-facing slope, 160m NW of ‘Trinity’ (Ballyhenry) graveyard (WI019-021001-). Natural spring marked by some loose boulders and a modern wooden cross. The pattern day was held on Trinity Sunday (the first Sunday after Whit Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer