Christian Sites

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

Located in a wooded depression on a gentle N-facing slope. The holy well was venerated in the 19th century (O’C. Redmond 1895, 155-6) and there is a record of a possible bullaun stone (WA029-0230023-) and of a carved stone head (WA029-023002-) built into Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a low-lying position, c. 600m NW of the site of St Coman’s church site (RO039-043006-). An overgrown hollow (diam. c. 4m; D 0.5m) which is now dry was, according to J. O’Donovan in the 1830s, venerated in the 19th century when a rag bush stood beside Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Holy Well dedicated to St. Commaneth, also known as ‘Cragg Well’. Situated at the base of a W-facing slope of rising ground with a church and graveyard (TN031-010001-) to the NW. A disused holy well originally enclosed by a drystone wall and now enclose Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On level pasture land. Natural spring well enclosed by round arched stone canopy with the word Cormac inscribed over the arch. There is a stone cross on top of the canopy with stations of the cross erected around the well. These improvements are all mode Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Poorly preserved holy well , now dry and very overgrown with no features visible. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have be Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Cowan’s Well in both. It is situated in a small SE-NW valley with two streams that join together c. 10m to the W and join the W-E Boro River c. 270m to the NW at that river’s m Monument […]

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

St Cronan’s Well is a natural spring well in a hollow marked by a tree SW of Glassmore Abbey (DU011-019—-). No longer venerated. This was formerly a station well. There is a local tradition that the water cures some eyes and chicken pox (Ó Danachair 1 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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

Located on a gentle E-facing slope on the E side of Kilcummin Head, overlooking Killala Bay. This holy well is named ‘St. Cummin’s Well’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It was traditionally visited on the last Sunday in July, known as ‘Garla Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In woodland on the S side of a drumlin close to a stream and c. 50m to the N of a burial ground (GA040-007—-). This holy well is roughly subcircular in plan (dim. 1m; D 0.4m) and is defined by an arc of small boulders with traces of walling at W and N Monument Type: […]