Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kiltiernan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltiernan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DU026-020004-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Wakeman (1891, 700) recorded that; 'The holy well of St. Tiernan, almost smothered by weeds and brambles, stands close at hand, and is still remembered by a few'. St. Tiernan's Well was located in the vicinity of Kiltiernan Church (DU026-020001-) in the parish of Kiltiernan. The precise location of St. Tiernan's Well in the vicinity of the church ruins at Kiltiernan has not been identified.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 21 April 2023
References
Wakeman, W.F. 1891b Primitive churches in county Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 697-702.