Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Errill, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Errill
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Kierans Well
- Coordinates
- 52.85383, -7.66512
- SMR number
- LA027-026----
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
This holy well originally flowed out from under St Kieran's tree, but moved a few fields to E after being profaned (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 347). Pilgrims came to it on the 5th March, St Kieran's feast day.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.