Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cappagh (gowran By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappagh (gowran By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Kieranss Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Kieranss Well
- Coordinates
- 52.50781, -7.05048
- SMR number
- KK029-026----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 OS Letters (1839) mention a holy well near the church of St Kieran (KK029-027001-) which is, 'not now visited for devotional purposes' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 245 (92)). The church lies c. 74m to the NE. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 116) this is one of three holy wells dedicated to St Kieran (KK029-026----; KK029-024---- and KK029-040----, the latter unlocated) and 'Of old, the pilgrimages began at the former [KK029-026---- in Cappagh townland], and ended at the latter [KK029-024----] c. 530m to the NNE. When visited in 1989 the well was overgrown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 March 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'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Stoup (present location)under 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.