Christian Sites

In SE part of Ardbear Cemetery (GA035-006001-), in a thicket beside an old alder tree. This well consists of natural spring within an oval drystone enclosure (1.9m by 1.53m) opening to S where there is a step down to the spring. (Killanin 1954, 95; Killa Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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

In undulating pastureland, c. 14m to the S of a stream. Named ‘Toberblanra’ on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map but known locally as ‘Lady’s Well’, this monument is still a place of pilgrimage. On inspection in November 1983, it consisted Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Dedicated to St John the Baptist, this well was also known as Tubberig and Tubberach (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 228). Situated in a low-lying area. Indicated by a shallow pool of water. Described by Carrigan as “Tubberboe well”, from which the townland of T Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Marked on the 1835 ‘OS 6-inch’ map as ‘Toberboice Well’. There is a tradition that St. Boice drank from this spring before he was beheaded (IFC Schools’ Mss 679, 179). It was covered in concrete when inspected by ASI in 1967. Compiled by: Claire Breen Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located in POLLAGH (Gowran By.), County KILKENNY. In the SW angle of a field of rough pasture. Templeboy church (KK025-027001-) was located immediately S, in the N part of the adjacent field (as suggested on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or c. 160m to the ESE (as indicated on the 1900 revision and […]

In a natural hollow, c. 13m to the SE of the site of Toberbrackan Castle (GA095-145001-). According to the OS Letters, this well is dedicated to St Briocain (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 460). It consists of a spring well, with a circular stone-built surro Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In a thicket of hazel and blackthorn, in the base of a steep-sided stream gully (Wth 6-8m; D c. 2m), on level ground c. 3m S of the W-flowing stream. The well, named ‘Toberbreanal’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, consists of a rectangular pit ( Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Part of Na Seacht Teampaill. Some 10m E of a grave-plot (GA110-023005-) on a low bluff overlooking the monastic complex. This well, correctly Tobar Bhreacáin, consists of a natural bullán or rockpool in the limestone with a canopy of rough limestone bl Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At the W edge of a small S-N stream. A circular stone-lined area (int. diam. 1.4m; D 0.9m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). A mature sycamore 2m to the W has votive offerings and may have formed part of rounds at this well. A children’ Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

At the base of a W-facing slope, in a wet and scrubby oblong depression, immediately E of the Kiltanon River. It is depicted and named as ‘Toberbreedia’ on all OS historic mapping. According to Curry (OSL, vol. 2, 1839, 283), ‘there is another holy Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Holahan (1883, 83) mentions that, ‘In Rossdama, within less than a mile of Bridget’s Well, is a “holy well,” [KK018-095—-] over which grew an oak tree called “the Blessed Tree.” Pilgrimages were made at this well on the Feast of St. John the Baptist, u Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]