St. Bridget’s Well
St. Bridget’s Well is a spring in County Carlow, Leinster. St. Bridget’s Well is situated nearby to the cemetery Saint Brigid’s Graveyard Tomard, as well as near the village Ballinabranagh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leighlinbridge Castle and Milford Mills.
Leighlinbridge Castle
Ruins
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on the River Barrow. The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. Leighlinbridge Castle is situated 3½ km south of St. Bridget’s Well.
Milford Mills
Electrical generator
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milford Mills is an 18th-century watermill which sits on the banks of the River Barrow at Milford, County Carlow. Originally built as a flour mill and malting house, it was later employed as a hydroelectric power station. Milford Mills is situated 1½ km northeast of St. Bridget’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballinabranagh and Leighlinbridge.
Ballinabranagh
Village
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballinabranna or Ballinabrannagh is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometres south of Carlow and 5 kilometres from Junction 6 of the M9 motorway.
Leighlinbridge
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Leighlinbridge is a town in County Carlow, with an ancient bridge over the River Barrow that's still in use. It stood astride the main Dublin-Waterford road until bypassed in the 1980s. In 2022 its population was less than 1,000.
Old Leighlin
Village
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Old Leighlin, also Oldleighlin, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1,500 monks in residence. Old Leighlin is situated 4½ km southwest of St. Bridget’s Well.
St. Bridget’s Well
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.76829° or 52° 46′ 6″ northLongitude
-6.97813° or 6° 58′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C4MQ29C+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 13720809790OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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