Christian Sites

Outside and adjacent to SE bank of Templebryan early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO122-075001-). No visible surface trace; modern pump house may occupy position.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. V Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

purported Knights Hospitaller — ruins of an old establishment

Lying on the ground on the line of the missing W wall of Templehouse hall-house (SL033-026001-) is a stone cross-base. This is a limestone block (H 0.4m; at base 0.7m x 0.55m) tapering gently to a rectangular top (0.6m x 0.45m). In the centre of the upper surface is a rectangular mortise-hole (0.3m x 0.22m; […]

In pasture, at base of ash tree and on W side of Mallow-Liscarroll road. Enclosed NW->SE by roots of tree; SW side and base stone-lined. On SW side is partially cut limestone block (0.88m x 0.48m; T 0.17m) with holy water stoup (0.3m x 0.39m) cut into on Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Described by Lynch (1909-11, 190) as following; ‘Northeast of the Beann is the well of St. Martin, formerly much frequented. Mr. O’Neill told me that there was an old road near the well, but the track is not known’.Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on d Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). Nearby, but now destroyed was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Beside the cross there is a roughly square-shaped boulder (H 0.5mx 1m x 0.5m) […]

Located in a low marshy area next to a stream. It is oval shaped (int dims. L 1.20m, Wth 0.90m, D 0.90m). It is enclosed by medium sized blocks of stone and fed by a stream. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 30th July 2013 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

town said to be named for a Knights Hospitaller foundation — evidence lacking

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as Templeshelin Well, although the location on the earlier map is c. 80m to the N of the present well. This is situated in a small NNW-SSE valley with a stream Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Marked on the 1939 ‘OS 6-inch’ map as ‘Lady Well’. An irregular pool (L 1.75m; Wth 1m), partly surrounded by 3 large stones and dressed block. A statue of Our Lady was erected c. 1947. A Rosary is recited at the well on 15th August (ASI field notes). In Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

There was a well dedicated to St. Brigid at the corner of Terenure Park. St. Brigid’s Terrace close by, commemorates the name. This well was the main water supply until fountains were placed on the streets (Mac Giolla Phadraig 1954, 29). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer