Christian Sites

Bowman (1934, 358) recorded holy well in this townland known as ‘Tobairin a Leachta – Little well of the sepulchral monument’ though ’rounds have not been paid within living memory’. Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the pu Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At bottom of W-facing slope to E of river. Enclosed by fence. Stone-lined basin beneath hawthorn tree. Statue of Our Lady in wooden grotto at rear. According to Power (1923, 192) “rounds” made ‘ordinarily on Mondays and Fridays’. Maintained; still in use Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated beside a stream at the foot of a slight N-facing slope. Spring in a stone housing, dedicated to St John and still occasionally visited. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow’ (Dublin: St Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A natural spring, marked by a lone thorn bush, located in a boggy hollow in a field of pasture. Known locally as ‘Lady’s well’ and located alongside a mass-rock (ME032-059001-) (pers. comm. Rathfeigh Historical Society). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Inside NW wall of graveyard (14614). Well with low circular stone-built surround, now dry and disused with grass and stone dumped into it. According to local information, well dried up when baby with diseased skin was washed in it.The above description i 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 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

Modernised and still venerated holy well with gabled stone structure built over the well with a plaque with the inscription NVBM over the opening. On top of the gabled structure there is a statue of the Blessed Virgin with the child Jesus in her arms. Th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

On the valley bottom, a few meters S of stream. The OS Letters (1839) refer to this well as, ‘Tobar na Súl’, that is the ‘Well of the Eyes, at the distance of a quarter of a mile east of the Church [of Rathlogan KK008-082001-]. This well, as may be infe Monument Type: Ritual site […]

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

Cistercian monks founded 1861; temporary refuge for monks evicted from Melleray, France