St. Patrick’s well
St. Patrick’s well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. St. Patrick’s well is situated nearby to the cemetery Donaghmore graveyard, as well as near the ruins Donaghmore Church.Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Spring
- Description: former holy well in Donaghmore, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Donaghmore Well”, “Saint Patrick’s Well”, and “St. Patrick’s Well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Donaghmore Church and Ballyragget Castle.
Donaghmore Church
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Donaghmore Church is a ruins, which is situated 1 km west of St. Patrick’s well.
Ballyragget Castle
House
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyragget Castle is a house, which is situated 1½ km west of St. Patrick’s well.
Foulksrath Castle
Castle
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Foulksrath Castle is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Foulksrath Castle is situated 3½ km south of St. Patrick’s well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyragget and Castlecomer.
Ballyragget
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue.
Castlecomer
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue.
Durrow
Town
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.
Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77. Durrow is situated 9 km northwest of St. Patrick’s well.
St. Patrick’s well
- Categories: Holy Well Semantic Concept, holy well, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.78226° or 52° 46′ 56″ northLongitude
-7.31511° or 7° 18′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C4JQMJM+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 12103583081OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q126644654
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