Ballyda Holy Well

Ballyda Holy Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. Ballyda Holy Well is situated nearby to the ruins Ladyswell School, as well as near Ladyswell Church.

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lady’s Well and St Michael’s Church.

Lady’s Well

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC0.

Ballyda is a small townland in the civil parish of Danesfort in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The townland has an area of approximately 1.4 square kilometres, and is 9 kilometres south of Kilkenny city centre.

St Michael’s Church

Church

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Michael’s Church is situated 2 km north of Ballyda Holy Well.

Burnchurch Castle

Ruins

Photo: Simonak, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burnchurch Castle is a well-preserved 15th century Norman tower house with a round gate tower, located in the parish of Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Burnchurch Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Ballyda Holy Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kells and Stoneyford.

Kells

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. Kells is situated 3 km southwest of Ballyda Holy Well.

Stoneyford

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stoneyford, officially Stonyford is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the R713 road some 14 km south of Kilkenny City. Stoneyford is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. Stoneyford is situated 3½ km southeast of Ballyda Holy Well.

Bennettsbridge

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Bennettsbridge is a village in County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on the River Nore 6 kilometres south of Kilkenny city, in the centre of the county. Bennettsbridge is situated 6 km northeast of Ballyda Holy Well.

Ballyda Holy Well

Type: Spring (intermittent)
Description: possible former holy well in Ballyda, Co. Kilkenny
Categories: Holy Well Semantic Concept, holy well, and body of water
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.5644° or 52° 33′ 52″ north

Longitude

-7.25288° or 7° 15′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C4JHP7W+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12819956154

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

OpenStreetMap attribute

intermittent=yes

Wikidata ID

Q126879339

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