Christian Sites

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 […]

In a SE-NW valley on the SW side of a stream. It was known as Toar an Imbligh or St Brocaidh’s Well and stations were performed during the last two weeks in August in the 19th century (Connellan 1948-9, 142-3; Hayward 1955, 212). Brocaidh of Imleach was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Unlocated within Emily. The Annals record that the ‘cloig-theach’ at the monastery at Emly was completely burnt, together with the church, in 1058 by Turlough O’Brien (Barrow 1979, 190). A sketch by Thomas Dineley, drawn in 1681, shows the medieval cathedral (TS065-013002-) from the NE with the E gable in the foreground. A ruined structure […]

Located in niche in graveyard wall (CO143-023002-), modernised. Water now held in metal trough at base of niche.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer