County Wexford

St. David’s Well is situated in the valley of an E-W stream that enters the N-S River Slaney c. 1.2 km to the WSW. St. David was a 6th century bishop and the apostle of Wales Culleton 1999, 131). He is remembered for his struggles against the Pelagian Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Possible duplication of Enniscorthy or Annaghdown Augustinian Canons Regular (if Enniscorthy, infra); Augustinian Friars

Early monastic site, possibly located in County Wexford

Early monastic site, founded by St Maedoc of Ferns, granted to St Maedoc by Dyma

Early monastic site, founded 7th century? by St Coeman mac Colman, or Colmad, brother of St Degan?; plundered 819; erenagh land into mid-11th century

Early monastic site, founded 6th century by St Colmcille

Knights Hospitaller founded before 1212; dissolved after 1375, merged with Kilcloggan; now the site of Ballyhack Castle

Located at the W edge of a slight N-S ridge. There is a natural spring c. 100m W of the site of the parish church of Screen (WX033-008001-) and its graveyard (WX033-008002-). According to John O’Donovan, writing c. 1840, patterns were held at the well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of an ENE-WSW ridge. St. Bridget’s holy well is thought to be buried beneath a large boulder just SE of the motte (WX016-014001-). Church (WX016-015001-) is c. 170m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Early monastic site, founded by St Mael Ruain of Tallaght?

According to Mac Leighim (1920, 135) there was a well at Ballytory that might have been holy. Its location is not known. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 January, 2014 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The site of St Peter’s Well, at which patterns were held on 29th June in the 19th century according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933a, vol. 1, 353), is c. 100m E of the parish church of Ballyvalloo parish (WX033-010001-) and its grave Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Early monastic site and school, founded 5th century by St Ibar; dissolved 1160; Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Exeter founded 1181; dissolved 1400 transferred to Augustinian Canons Regular of…

Described as a ‘Boiling Well’ on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as Tobermuire – Mary’s Well – on the 1940 ed. Situated at the bottom of a SE-facing slope, it is the source of a stream that runs off to the SW, but no well structure is visible. Ther Monument Type: […]

Situated on the W side of a road just N of a WNW-ESE stream and c. 150m SE of Templeshanbe church (WX014-010001-). St Colman’s Well is a rectangular drystone structure approached by stone steps, where the pattern was held on 27th October (Ó Broin 1983-4 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked only on the 1941 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as St. Nicholas’ Well. St. Nicholas of Myra, whose feastday falls on the 6th December, was a 4th century bishop in Turkey and a renowned gift-giver, on whom much of the character of Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Described as ‘Brandon Well’ in gothic script on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in a quarry or grotto at the bottom of a SW-facing slope. This is a natural spring with a masonry surround (int. dims. 0.57m E-W; 0.45m N-S; H Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Described as ‘Bride’s Well’ on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, a pattern was held there until c. 1800, according to John O’Donovan c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, 238). It is situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the source of a small stream that Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Described as ‘Brides Well’ in Gothic lettering on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map. John O’Donovan, writing c. 1840, denies that there is any holy well in Kilmuckridge (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 225). It is located on a shelf on the SW-facing sl Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Bride’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on the S bank of an E-W section of a small NE-SW stream and c. 40m W of Brideswell Bridge. It is also c. 180m S of […]