Christian Sites

Modernised and still in holy use. Roughly built stone cover with statue of Our Lady on top. Lintelled opening to well, drain-like exit for water. According to local information, well visited three times a year, culminating on August 15th (Roberts 1988).T Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Named on 1842 OS 6-inch map; marked but not named on 1905 OS 6-inch map. In Fermoy, on S bank of River Blackwater; accessed by narrow alleyway S from Barnane Walk. Two adjacent open wells enclosed by stone wall, recently repaired. Northernmost well is ov Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

There are no surface remains to support the theory that there was a round tower located in Durrow which was proposed by Petrie in the 19th century (Barrow 1979, 176) . 117313,OF00138,ROTR,OF005-020—-,OFFALY,CLONMACNOISE,R142315,600889,730690,53.326463660000002,-7.986655200000000,Round tower,,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF005-020—-,National Monument No. 81. Circular tower (diam. at base 5.6m; wall T 1.12m; H 19m) five storeys high built with coursed finely […]

High Cross located in Offaly.

Unlocated well known as St John’s well mentioned in the 1983 Laois County Development Plan (Walsh 1972, 19). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as ‘Dutchman’s Well’ in gothic lettering on the former and italic on the latter. The name is thought to derive from two daughters of the Richards of Rathaspick House (WX042-008- Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

In 1837 John O’Donovan wrote in the Ordnance Survey Letters that the parish of Dysart was named after St. Maol Tuile ‘whose memory was celebrated at his holy wells (WM025-109—-) in the glebe about 30 years ago on the 28th or 29th of May’ (OSL vol. 1, 152). The Martyrology of Donegal recorded the 29th […]

Unlocated holy well known as St Aongus’s Well within townland, well was located in Claxton’s quarry, it is not easy to find as the floor of the quarry is covered with boulders. There is just space to dip a cup or other small vessel. There is no visible o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

High Cross located in Clare.

On gentle SW-facing slope, close to road and adjacent to field fence. Natural ledge (0.9m X 0.4m) onto which water flows (now directed via pipe) from higher ground to NE. Some water collects in slight hollow on ledge, to a depth of 0.05m. According to in Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Tradition of holy well, referred to as Tobar Neón. According to a local source the water turned to wine on the night of the death of a young man in the area while another source noted that the water turned to wine on Christmas Eve. (SMR file) Compiled Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Situated on a plinth on the crest of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge at Emlagh church site (RO027-034001-). Limestone cross-fragments (dims 0.35m x 0.24m; H 0.93m) with interlace in relief on the E face and incised on the other sides. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 87, No. 95) 121021,RO03045,HICR,RO027-034007-,ROSCOMMON,EMLAGH (Castlereagh By. Monument Type: Cross – High […]