Holy Well
Holy Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. Holy Well is situated nearby to the ruins Saint Nicholas‘ Church, as well as near the cemetery Newtown Jerpoint Graveyard.Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Spring
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: former holy well in Jerpointchurch, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Saint Nicholas‘ Well”, “Saint Nicholas’s Well”, “St. Nicholas‘ Well”, and “St. Nicholas’s Well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Nicholas‘ Church and Jerpoint Abbey.
Saint Nicholas‘ Church
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Nicholas‘ Church is a ruins, which is situated 110 metres south of Holy Well.
Jerpoint Abbey
Monastery
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jerpoint Abbey is a ruined Cistercian abbey, founded in the second half of the 12th century in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 2.5 km south west of Thomastown on the R448 regional road. Jerpoint Abbey is situated 510 metres southeast of Holy Well.
Thomastown railway station
Railway station
Thomastown Railway Station serves the town of Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford Intercity route. Thomastown railway station is situated 1½ km northeast of Holy Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thomastown and Knocktopher.
Thomastown
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thomastown is a town in County Kilkenny, with a population of 2300 in 2022. It was originally called Grennan and grew up at a crossing point on the River Nore, 17 km from Kilkenny.
Knocktopher
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knocktopher is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford to the north, and Ballyhale to the south. Knocktopher is situated 5 km southwest of 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 5 km northwest of Holy Well.
Holy Well
- Categories: holy well, Holy Well Semantic Concept, place of worship, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.51347° or 52° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
-7.16373° or 7° 9′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C4JGR7P+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 7673751375OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q129263926
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