Christian Sites

In the centre of Peterswell village. This spring well, dedicated to St Peter, is enclosed within a well-built mortared wellhouse constructed of mortared rubble limestone walls and a pitched roof of flagstones. The square-headed doorway is to the SE and i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located in MOLLANEEN, County CLARE. In the SE corner of a field E of Dysert O’Dea church (CL025-091001-) and 240m SE of the high cross of St Tola (CL025-091094—-). St Tola’s well or Tobar Bhanala. Stations were held here on the feast of St Tola, 30 March, for on that day in 734 ‘To Archaeological […]

Located at the bottom of a N-facing slope and c. 300m ESE of Killary church (ME012-020—-). This is annotated as ‘St Toole’s Well’ in gothic lettering on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, and according to John O’Donovan in 1836 (H Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Nicholas’ Well. It is situated towards the bottom of a steep N-facing slope in a mature deciduous wood. St. Nicholas of Myra, whose feastday falls on Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as St. Agatha’s Well on both, although John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 describes it as St. Agnes’ Well (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 363). It is located on a fairly level, low-lying landsca Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

In the NE quadrant of the graveyard. This is traditionally known as St. Ailbe’s well. The circular well is now covered in mass concrete, 0.4m above the ground and 1.92m in diameter. There is a square aperture in the concrete, 0.28m wide, which gives very Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated at the bottom of a steep W-facing slope and c. 30m NW of the graveyard (WX046-018003-) in an area that has been quarried. A pattern was held at the well on an unknown date according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (Herity 2014, 140), althoug Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

This natural spring well is situated at the base of a ridge in St. Anne’s Park. It has an elaborate rustic covering with a stone-lined access way. Formerly of some repute. No longer venerated (Ó Danachair 1957-58, 78). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located on a gentle S-facing slppe in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains with a N-S stream c. 35m to the W. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 a pattern was performed at the well on 26th July until c. 1824 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 102). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Located on the floor of a small W-E valley, at its S edge and at the base of the bluff on which the castle (WX047-050002-) and mass-house (WX047-050001-) are situated. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was kept on the 26th of July Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Situated on a fairly level landscape, with the small NNE-SSW Yellow River c. 40m to the W. A well is marked on the 1836 and eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as St. Anne’s Well on both. Kelly (1973, 8, 10) suggests that the we Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

At time of 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map this well lay just below HWM at Whitestrand, to S of Bóthar na Trá, on W outskirts of Galway city. Since then the area has been reclaimed and it is now within Kilcorkey townland. No visible surface trace survives (in Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]