St Leonard’s Well
St Leonard’s Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. St Leonard’s Well is situated nearby to the meadow Well Field, as well as near the ruins Dunnamaggan Church Ruin.Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Spring
- Description: holy well in Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Saint Leonard’s Well”, “St. Ronagh’s Well”, “St. Rynagh’s Well”, and “Tubbersanleeanarth”
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunnamaggan High Cross and Kilree.
Dunnamaggan High Cross
Cross
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunnamaggan High Cross is situated 240 metres east of St Leonard’s Well.
Kilree
Archaeological site
Photo: Harryreid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kilree is a former Christian monastery and national monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Kilree is situated 2½ km northeast of St Leonard’s Well.
Kilree Round Tower
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kilree Round Tower is situated 2½ km northeast of St Leonard’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunnamaggin and Kells.
Dunnamaggin
Village
Dunnamaggin is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny.
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 4½ km north of St Leonard’s Well.
Kilmaganny
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmoganny is a small village in the County Kilkenny in the south-east of Ireland. Saint Mogeanna was an Irish virgin whose feast day in the Irish Calendar of Saints is 29 January. Kilmaganny is situated 5 km southwest of St Leonard’s Well.
St Leonard’s Well
- Categories: holy well, Holy Well Semantic Concept, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.50059° or 52° 30′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.29546° or 7° 17′ 44″ westNamed after
Leonard of NoblacOpen location code
9C4JGP23+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 7412516778OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q126454422
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In Other Languages
“St Leonard’s Well” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Tobar Raighnéid”
- Irish: “Tobar San Leonaird”
- Irish: “Tobar San Lionard”
- Irish: “Tobar San Lionárd”
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