Nuns Well

Nuns Well is a spring in , . Nuns Well is situated nearby to the sports venue , as well as near the cemetery .
  • Type: Spring
  • Description: holy well on private property in Carton Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland
  • Also known as: Nun’s Well

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carton House and Maynooth Castle.

Hotel
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is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in , , the Carton Demesne is a 1,100 acres estate, from an original estate of 70,000 acres. is situated 1¼ km west of Nuns Well.

is a ruined castle in , , which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare Fitzmaurice and Fitzgerald family. is situated 3½ km southwest of Nuns Well.

Railway station
serves the town of in north , Ireland. It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to / long-distance commuter service and Dublin to InterCity service. is situated 3 km southwest of Nuns Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maynooth and Leixlip.

is a town in , 30 km west of Dublin. Maigh Nuad means the plain of Nuadha, the mythical king who lost his arm in battle, was fitted with a silver one, then grew back his own.

Town
is a town in north-east , Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of and Brega, as an outpost of The Pale, and on Kildare's border with . is situated 5 km southeast of Nuns Well.

Town
is a town in , Ireland, 15 km north-west of Dublin city centre. It is a commuter town for . In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitants. is situated 6 km northeast of Nuns Well.

Nuns Well

Latitude
53.39398° or 53° 23′ 38″ north
Longitude
-6.5499° or 6° 32′ 60″ west
Open location code
9C5M9FV2+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13758898982
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Wiki­data ID
Q139551119
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