Holy Cross well
Holy Cross well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. Holy Cross well is situated nearby to the ruins Brown’s Forge, as well as near the cemetery Kilcross graveyard.Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Spring
- Description: holy well in Kilcross, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Holy Cross Well” and “Kilcross Well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Columbkill’s Well, Inistioge and Saint Mary’s Church.
Saint Columbkill’s Well, Inistioge
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Columbkille's Well, also known as St Colombkille's Well or simply Columbkille's Well, is a holy well in Inistioge, County Kilkenny in Ireland. Dedicated to Saint Colomba, it is included in the Record of Monuments and Places as record number "KK032-017011-". Saint Columbkill’s Well, Inistioge is situated 1½ km west of Holy Cross well.
Saint Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Mary’s Church is situated 1½ km west of Holy Cross well.
Black Castle
Ruins
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Castle is a ruins, which is situated 1½ km west of Holy Cross well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Rower and Thomastown.
The Rower
Locality
Rower or The Rower is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Rower is on the R705 regional road, roughly 30 km from both Waterford and Kilkenny. The Rower is situated 7 km southeast of Holy Cross well.
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.
St Mullin’s
Village
Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mullins is a village, civil parish and townland on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow, Ireland. A smaller part of the civil parish is in County Wexford. The village is 10 km north of New Ross, near the R729 road. St Mullin’s is situated 8 km east of Holy Cross well.
Holy Cross well
- Categories: holy well, Holy Well Semantic Concept, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.48782° or 52° 29′ 16″ northLongitude
-7.04374° or 7° 2′ 38″ westNamed after
True CrossOpen location code
9C4JFXQ4+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 8513475323OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q126456468
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