Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilcullenbridge (kilcullen Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcullenbridge (kilcullen Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holy Well
- Coordinates
- 53.12936, -6.74201
- SMR number
- KD028-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The well is a feature in a narrow, landscaped public park along the S bank of the River Liffey. According to Fitzgerald (1899-1902, 317) the well, ‘ … [went] by the name of Tubber-molin … or St. Moling’s Well’, while Jackson (1979-80, 151) attributes it to St. Brigid and says a pattern was formerly held there on February 1st. A small spring well issues from beneath a modern limestone sculpture by Fr. Henry Flanagan OP. An adjoining plaque commemorates the reconstruction of the well and the unveiling of the sculpture in 1977.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 28 January 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1899-1902 New Abbey of Kilcullen. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 3, 300-317.
Jackson, P. 1979-80 The holy wells of Co. Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 133-61.
Nearby in the register
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.