Saint Gobnait’s Well
Saint Gobnait’s Well is a spring in County Cork, Munster. Saint Gobnait’s Well is situated nearby to St. Gobnait’s New Cemetery, as well as near the cemetery Reilig Ghobnatan.Photo: Alison, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Spring
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: holy well in Ballyvourney dedicated to Saint Gobnait with the feast day on the 11th of February
- Also known as: “Saint Gobnait’s Holy Well”, “Saint Gobnet’s Well”, “St Gobnait’s Well”, and “St Gobnet’s Well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gobnait’s Grave and Saint Abán’s Grave.
Gobnait’s Grave
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gobnait’s Grave is situated 140 metres northwest of Saint Gobnait’s Well.
Saint Abán’s Grave
Archaeological site
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Abán’s Grave is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km east of Saint Gobnait’s Well.
Colaiste Ghobnatan
School
Colaiste Ghobnatan is an Irish-medium school in the civil parish of Ballyvourney in County Cork, Ireland. As of 2015, there were approximately 200 students enrolled in the school. Colaiste Ghobnatan is situated 1 km northeast of Saint Gobnait’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyvourney and Ballymakeery.
Ballyvourney
Village
Photo: Cobhbhoy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballyvourney is a Gaeltacht village in southwest County Cork, Ireland. Ballyvourney is also a civil parish in the barony of Muskerry West, and an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.
Ballymakeery
Village
Photo: Richard Fensome, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballymakeera or Ballymakeery is a small townland and Gaeltacht village in the civil parish of Ballyvourney, barony of Muskerry West, County Cork, Ireland.
Cúil Aodha
Village
Photo: Roman van der Krogt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cúil Aodha, anglicised as Coolea, is a townland and village in the Gaeltacht region of Muskerry in County Cork, Ireland. The area is near the source of the River Sullane in the Derrynasaggart Mountains. Cúil Aodha is situated 3½ km west of Saint Gobnait’s Well.
Saint Gobnait’s Well
- Categories: holy well, Holy Well Semantic Concept, place of worship, and body of water
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.93738° or 51° 56′ 15″ northLongitude
-9.16599° or 9° 9′ 58″ westNamed after
GobnaitOpen location code
9C3GWRPM+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 8241349516OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q138767843
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In Other Languages
“Saint Gobnait’s Well” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Tobar Ghobnait”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Gobnait’s New Cemetery and Reilig Ghobnatan.
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