St. Nicholas’s Well
St. Nicholas’s Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. St. Nicholas’s Well is situated nearby to the cemetery Kilballykeefe Graveyard, as well as near the ruins Ballykeefe Castle.- Type: Spring (intermittent)
- Description: holy well in Kilballykeeffe, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Saint Nicholas’s Well”, “St Nicholas’s Well”, “St. Nicholas Well”, “Thubberniclaush”, and “Tubberniclaush”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ballykeefe Castle and Ballykeeffe Wood.
Ballykeefe Castle
Ruins
Photo: Garry Dickinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballykeefe Castle is a ruins, which is situated 720 metres southwest of St. Nicholas’s Well.
Ballykeeffe Wood
Deciduous forest
Photo: Antiqueight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballykeeffe Wood is a national nature reserve of approximately 137 acres located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
St Brigid’s Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Brigid’s Well is a spring, which is situated 2 km northeast of St. Nicholas’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Callan.
Callan
Town
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilkenny is the county town of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population of 27,000 in 2022. At its core is the medieval city founded by the Normans, and in the 1640s it was effectively the capital of Ireland. Callan is situated 7 km south of St. Nicholas’s Well.
St. Nicholas’s Well
- Categories: Holy Well Semantic Concept, holy well, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.60317° or 52° 36′ 11″ northLongitude
-7.37958° or 7° 22′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C4JJJ3C+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 12175454672OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesWikidata ID
Q126680965
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In Other Languages
“St. Nicholas’s Well” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Tober Nioclais”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilballykeefe Graveyard and Ballykeeffe Cemetery.
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