Christian Sites

The Kilbride River flows roughly E-W c. 15m S of the holy well and the medieval church (KK026-013001-) and graveyard (KK026-013002-) of St Bridget are located c. 16m to the N. Carrigan (ibid. 320-21) describes a pattern which was held at Kilbride gravey Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A holy well located c. 365m NNE of St Bridget’s Church, Kilree (KK027-044001-). According to the OS Letters (1839), ‘It springs from under a remarkable rock situated to the right of the road as you go from Kells to Kilree. Stations were performed and a P Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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

Indicated on the 1913 OS 6-inch map at the S end of a rath (SL026-026001-). No remains of the well were positively identified though at the S terminal of the scarp of the rath, a large slab is visible in the scarp face and at the base of the scarp the gr Monument Type: Ritual […]

In poorly drained level pasture. There are no visible remains of this well. According to local information, there was also a bullaun stone (KE047-045001-) here. The spring has since been diverted to the other side of the field boundary to the N.Compiled 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

This is an unenclosed pool close to Cuckoo Stream, behind Toberbunny Lodge, E of Dublin Airport. It has been incorporated into a golf course. It is said to have been a station well in former times (Ó Danachair 1958, 79). No longer venerated.Folklore col Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In pasture, located in wet ground at the base of a N-facing slope. This holy well is named Tobercahillboght on the 1837 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a circular, steep sided hole (diam. 0.55m, D 0.8m) whose sides and floor are lined with stones Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

On a rocky hillslope close to the td. boundary and overlooking seashore to S. This well, correctly Tobar Cáillín, was noted by O’Flaherty in 1684 (Hardiman 1846, 110). It consists of a natural spring delimited by a low circular dry stone wall (1m by 0. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In a paddock, 50m NW of a derelict farmhouse. Named ‘Tobercaleen’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. An oval depression (2m N-S; 2.6m E-W) defined SE-NE by earth and rock (int. H 1.2m) and NE-SE by a muddy gently sloping ramp to the exterior. The base of the wel Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

This is a natural spring well in a hollow at the base of a cliff. No tradition of devotion. (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Known as Tober Caillin it survives as a slight pooling of water on rocky foreshore. Holy well described in 1975 as a; ‘small stream flow Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Located in CAHERMINNAUN WEST, County CLARE. On a low SW-facing slope in undulating pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Named ‘Tobercameen’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Labelled ‘Tobar Chaimín eye cure’ on Robinson’s map (1977). This well c Archaeological Survey Reference: CL009-059010- Data sourced from the Archaeological […]