Christian Sites

Located on the outskirts of Ballina town, on the E side of the main Ballina-Killala road. This holy well is named ‘St. Patrick’s Well’ on the 1837 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps. The well is mentioned in the 1838 OS Letters; it is not described, but is r Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Located on the W bank of a N-S stream at the base of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. St Patrick’s Well, which is named on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map, is now disused and overgrown with no visible structure. Rounds were performed th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Marked ‘St. Patrick’s Well’ on the 1835 and 1910 ‘OS 6-inch’ maps. According to the OS Letters a station was held here. It is an almost square pool, 1.5m across, surrounded by outcrop and a stone setting. Various local legends and cures associated with i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In pasture, in a slight hollow enclosed at W and N by gently rising ground. A natural spring well gathering in a small pool (max. dim. c. 2m; D 0.2m), with an outflow stream flowing to SE where it is channelled into a modern field drain. The head of the Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

In a small area of enclosed woodland bordering the W side of the Naas-Sallins road. According to Jackson (1979-80, 153), a pattern formerly took place here on March 17th, but the custom has ceased in recent years. The water was said to cure sore eyes. Br Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

In undulating rough grazing land. Stone wall (L 4m N-S; Wth 3.2m E-W) delimits well in a heavily overgrown depression. Dedicated to St. Patrick. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe an Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1835 and the 1938 ‘OS 6-inch’ maps as ‘St. Patrick’s Well’. The OS Letters refer to a station being held here during the mid-nineteenth century (CLAJ 1929, 54, 57). Located in a field known as ‘Tubberawuscanny’ (MacIvor 1944, 329). When ins Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Near the S end of a narrow N-S valley or glen, some 290m SE of Glassely church (KD-32-037001-) and graveyard (KD-32-037004-). At the foot of a low rock outcrop, large slabs have been cemented together to form a roughly rectangular surround to a natural s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated on poorly drained grassland. A ringfort (WM018-058—-) lies c. 30m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped feature which is annotated ‘St. Patrick’s Well’. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circul Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked ‘St. Patrick’s Well’ on the 1835 and the 1938 ‘OS 6-inch’ maps. Covered over with a public pump when inspected by ASI in 1966. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 24 August 2012 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located at the bottom of a slight W-facing slope, it is described as St Patrick’s Well on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Between those dates a lane, approaching from the S was built but the remnants of this are now overgrown. The well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 203) recorded the following details about this holy well; “St Patrick’s Well” on 1840 map. A wall encloses small field in which are the well, the rounds path and three natural rocks, which are “stations”. The well has over it a statue Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]