Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Mill Island, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mill Island
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. James Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Jamess Well
- Coordinates
- 52.53430, -7.36400
- SMR number
- KK026-011----
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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
In rough pasture, c. 20m S of Kings River and c. 15m N of the Callan-Kells road. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 323-4) this is, ‘one of the finest springs in Co. Kilkenny. A pattern, with the usual pilgrimages, was held here formerly’. O’Kelly (1969, 154) mentions that the pattern day of the well, known as ‘Tobar San Séain’ or ‘St. James’s Well’, was held on the last Sunday in July up until the early years of the twentieth century.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 May 2022
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - vertical-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Battery1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.