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

Just inside S boundary wall of graveyard (14536), c. 25m SSW of church (14387). Well is open, rectangular and stone lined; access down two steps set into SW corner; appears to be no longer in holy use. Photograph by Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 24) Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At the crest of the E-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge, at the SE end, and just 9m SE of the perimeter of cashel (RO014-041001-). A stone (L 2.8m; Wth 1.2m; H 0.7m) is regarded locally as a mass rock. 124235,RO01956,MARO,RO018-010002-,ROSCOMMON,CLOONCOMMON MORE,R164186,600151,792640,53.883180260000003,-7.997703330000000,Mass-rock,Not indicated,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO018-010002-,On the SW-facing slope of a low drumlin Monument Type: Mass-rock View […]

‘Holy well’ marked on the 1839 and 1908 OS 6-inch maps. To the SE of the Augustinian Abbey (CW012-057001-) between the stream and the boundary wall of the graveyard. Completely overgrown when inspected in 1988. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

John O’Donavan, writing c. 1836, mentions Tobar Padraig in the townland of Aghamore (O’Flanagan 1929, 130), and Faughnan (1943) says it is not venerated anymore and is not known generally in the parish. It remains unlocated. Compiled by: Michael Moore Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Mentioned in 1836 as ‘Tober Maine’ and associated with St Maine, who is said to have built the nearby monastery (SL040-171001-), and although the saint’s day was not remembered locally it was thought to be in August (OSL, 155-6). There are no visib Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Not marked on the OS maps, this holy well is located on the shore close to where the Gougane river enters Portmagee Channel. It is covered by a stone and concrete structure which is surmounted by a modern cross-inscribed stone. Rounds were formerly made Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

One of two wells (CO072-028001-) on either side of narrow stream valley. Overgrown and inaccessible. Rarely used when visited by Hartnett (1939, 223), who noted ‘small spring well, covered, except for a small opening by a horizontal slab’. Above this was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Not marked on the OS maps, this well was located c. 270m E of Kilpeacan ecclesiastical site (KE088-015001-). It was referred to locally as a holy well and was filled in during the 1940s. No surface trace of it remains. Lying face down on a field boundary Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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 towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. A well dedicated to St Bridget is an unlined rectangular hollow (dims 1.1m N-S; 0.85m E-W; D 0.7m) with a cross-slab (H 0.66m plus; Wth 0.28m; T 6cm) retaining the W side (Ward 1990, 77). The cross-slab ha Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Unlocated holy well in the townland of Aghnakeeragh that is dedicated to St. Brigid. The 1937-8 Schools Folklore Collection recorded that ‘in the townland of Aughankeeragh about one mile from Raphoe. Holy Well dedicated to St. Brigid. Located near the r Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer