Christian Sites

National Monument No. 81. Not visible at ground level. According to Cooke (1875, 373-4) St. Patrick’s son Gorman died on pilgrimage at the well of St. Fineen in the year 758 however according to O’ Flanagan (1933, vol. 1, 68, 79) Gorman fasted on bread Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In wooded area, c. 200m NE of Clonmeen church (14411). Circular well surrounded by low stone-built wall (H c. 0.4m) and partially encased by concrete structure. Photograph by Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, opp. 223) shows open well with drinking cup and s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Known as Friars’ well (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 345). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as ‘In the next field to the Abbey (Clonmeen), on the north, there was a holy well called ‘Friar’s Well’, at which pilgrimages were formerly made in hon Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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

Holy well with modern concrete surrounds with steps leading down to a stagnant pool of water which appears to be polluted. One of the stations on the pattern held on St Kieran’s day. Described in the OS Letters of 1838 as ‘St. Kieran’s Day, 5th March, is Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Located in CLONMORE, County KILKENNY. 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 Archaeological Survey Reference: KK042-007—- Data sourced from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

According to Rochfort (1999, 70), ‘ … local tradition states that Mass was said at a bend on an old road at Clonsast in Penal Times. A portion of the mass-rock which was used for this purpose survives …’ 63119,KE02542,MARO,KE035-085—-,KERRY,KILCUMMIN BEG Monument Type: Mass-rock View on Historic Environment Viewer

Knights Templar founded before 1180, granted by Henry II; dissolved 1308-10; Knights Hospitaller refounded 1313 (after 1314); dissolved after 1400; granted to Prior Rawson of Kilmainham; Clontarf Castle built on site, now the Clontarf Castle Hotel

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

Church ruins (LI001-004001-) of a possible Franciscan friary or an early Christian monastery stands on the grounds of ‘Cloon Island Ho.’ (NIAH Reg. No. 21807009) located 20m to the SW. Two early Christian cross-slabs (LI001-004002-/003-) are incorporated Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1837 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a NE-facing slope a short distance above Sligo Bay. Spring well now housed within a modern cement-built structure. There are a number of legends concerning St. Molaise associated with Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pastureland, 70m SE of an ecclesiastical building (GA087-0533001-). This spring well is enclosed by a small roughly D-shaped mortared stone wall (NW-SE 1.6m, NE-SW 1.3m). There is a gap at NE where three steps lead down to the water. Now used for wate Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]