💧 Water spots in Kilkenny

within a stone structure

Local resident remembers it roughly in that spot, but there are bushes and a new wall preventing further invenstigation.

In a horse paddock with limited access, surrounded by circular wall, water still flowing. Locals don't consider it holy, and there is no living memory of it being considered holy.

Access via boggy fields. Wrought-iron gate at the entrance, modern wall surrounds well which looks neglected. Slabstones partly covering the water opening.

Covered up holy well associated with a Fr Cloney who was the brother of General Thomas Cloney. Distant memories of stories told in the 1920s or 1930s about pilgrimages to the well survived in 2024.

not signposted, looked dried out, even though the area around was very wet

Dry well; covered up to prevent lambs from falling in in the mid 20th century. Pattern still held.

Pattern is still held annually.

In pasture, enclosed by a concrete wall with a gate to the Southeast. A concrete bench runs around the pond on the East, North and West. The well pond itself is enclosed by a wooden fence. To the South is a statue of the Virgin Mary which allegedly moved

associated with Saint Mogue aka Aidan of Ferns, according to Schools' Collection

not a holy well according to the man living next to the railway station since his childhood when it was their source of water

used to be marked by a cross

In a hollow of about 2m diameter, covered by a concrete shelter, not signposted. Access to water from the West.

In a hollow, sheltered by an outcrop of natural rock. Steps leading into the underground chamber. Access via driveway into Sheastown House from R700 on the last Sunday in August around 3pm and the 9 days before in the evening during the novena.

Strong gush of water surrounded by stone lining.

Stone lined water basin of c.1m width with a large carved stone marking the spot. Water is covered in water lentils.

covered, but stream still flows from there

Stone lined well of c. 60cm diameter, covered with corrugated iron sheets to keep the water clean. Walls partially collapsed. Pipe conducts water to nearby house.

It is considered a holy well by some.

Not in use since c. 1920s, water was pumped by local residents until 1950s. Fenced off area in cow pasture. Concrete ring with lid. Several hawthorn trees in the vicinity which used to be part of the pattern.

very overgrown area, couldn't find the well at inspection on a dry day

Not maintained, fenced off with electric fence. No sign of veneration apart from two empty plastic bottles nearby, no rag tree.

Walled enclosure with wrought iron gate. Stone paved ground with subcircular water basin which is covered in water lentils.

dried up (March 2021)

According to a local resident, a retired teacher, the name means "Well of the Serpent", because its water helped against ringworms. It was once the water supply for the whole village, according to him.

Well (not considered holy by locals) in a well house built in the 1990s by current owner. Local don't refer to it as Toberpatrick; they only know that name from maps. Owner cleans it off algae every May with Furze branches.

difficult to access, but was regularly used in the 1960s and 1970s by the family living to the east and the blacksmith Jack Cantwell (RIP) to the northeast (Smithy marked on BWO map). Water rising in bubbles from the ground and coming from under a stone.