Christian Sites

In angle formed by road and stream. Keyhole-shaped pool (1.4m x 0.6m) lined with rubble stone, covered by stone wall with galvanised roof. Run-off from pool on S side, where two stone steps provide access to pool. No devotional objects present. According 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

According to Fitzgerald (1903, 130-1), the well dried up after the Kildare water works were established nearby to the NW; at which time a whitethorn bush and large stone marked the site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 22-12-2011 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

According to information obtained from the landowner in 1967 ‘a pool in the corner of his field beside the old laneway was known as St. Patrick’s well’. (SMR file) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 4 July 2012 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

In pasture, on NE_facing slope; area drained c. 20 years ago. Ó Ríordáin (1933, 62) described a small well at foot of whitethorn tree where rounds were made. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeologica Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated holy well known as St. Columba’s Well within the townland of Tullyhorky which was described in the 1937/8 Schools Folklore Collection where it was recorded that the well was an, ‘unfrequented and neglected spring of St. Columba in Tullyhurk nea Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In narrow glen. Inaccessible due to heavy overgrowth. Locally known as “wart well”.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated at the bottom of the NW-facing slope of a hill known locally as Friar’s Hill. A small N-S stream that forms the border with County Armagh is c. 5m to the W. A N-S rib of rock outcrop (max. H c. 10m) has a low knob or bedrock (dims of top x. 0.5m x […]

A holy well known as Turas Davaddog. A pool of water fed by a spring. A stream runs to the S from the well and there is a graveyard (DG008-016—-) 25m to the S. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘Turus Davaddog, at Tobar Dhumha Mhoir, south-west of Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Ó Muirgheasa (1936, 153, Nos. 62 and 63) recorded that ‘There are two Holy Wells (DG037-014—-; DG037-014001-) in Craig or Cregg townland, two miles from Rathmullen on the road to Rathmelton, one on each side of the road. One of these is called Tobar B Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]