St Catherine’s Well
St Catherine’s Well is a spring in County Wexford, Leinster. St Catherine’s Well is situated nearby to the ruins Saint Catherine’s Chapel, as well as near the village Piercetown.- Type: Spring
- Description: holy well in Petitstown
- Also known as: “Saint Catherine’s Well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bargy Castle.
Bargy Castle
House
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bargy Castle is a Norman fortress near the village of Tomhaggard in the Barony of Bargy, County Wexford, Ireland, some 12 kilometres south-west of Wexford town. Bargy Castle is situated 3 km south of St Catherine’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piercetown and Bridgetown.
Piercetown
Village
Piercetown, or Piercestown, is a village in County Wexford, Ireland. It is 6 km south of the centre of Wexford town. As at October 2025, bus route 390 operates a few times a day to Wexford town. Piercetown is situated 4 km north of St Catherine’s Well.
Bridgetown
Village
Photo: Tad1989, Public domain.
Bridgetown is a small rural village, located sixteen kilometres from Wexford town on the R736 regional road. It is close to Duncormick and six kilometres from the fishing village of Kilmore Quay. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was 544. Bridgetown is situated 5 km west of St Catherine’s Well.
Murrintown
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murrintown, also spelled Murntown, is a small village in the southeast of County Wexford, Ireland, close to Wexford town. It is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Piercestown and lies in the civil parish of Kildavin. Murrintown is situated 5 km northwest of St Catherine’s Well.
St Catherine’s Well
- Categories: holy well and body of water
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.24763° or 52° 14′ 52″ northLongitude
-6.48644° or 6° 29′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C4M6GX7+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 2780274931OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q139256906
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