St. Michael’s Well
St. Michael’s Well is a spring in County Carlow, Leinster. St. Michael’s Well is situated nearby to the ruins Saint Michael’s Church, as well as near Saint Michael’s Cemetery.- Type: Spring
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Holy well southwest of St. Michael’s church ruin in Tinnahinch
- Also known as: “Saint Michael’s Well” and “Tinnahinch holy well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Michael’s Church and Tinnahinch Castle.
Saint Michael’s Church
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Michael’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 230 metres north of St. Michael’s Well.
Tinnahinch Castle
Ruins
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinnahinch Castle is a ruined tower house located near River Barrow in Tinnahinch, County Carlow, Ireland. It has a rectangular structure with a stair tower at the southwest angle, a machicolation between the angles of the two towers protecting the doorway, and a bartizan on the north east angle. Tinnahinch Castle is situated 600 metres north of St. Michael’s Well.
Duiske Abbey
Church
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duiske Abbey National Monument, also known as Graiguenamanagh Abbey, is a 13th-century Cistercian monastery situated in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny in Ireland. Duiske Abbey is situated 1 km north of St. Michael’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graignamanagh and St Mullin’s.
Graignamanagh
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Graignamanagh is a village on the River Barrow, which forms the eastern boundary of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Gráig na Manach means "village of the monks" and refers to Duiske Abbey which is the place's main attraction.
St Mullin’s
Village
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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 5 km south of St. Michael’s Well.
Borris
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Borris is a village in the south of County Carlow, with a population in 2016 of 652. The main reasons to visit are for events at Borris House and for hiking in the Blackstairs mountains.
St. Michael’s Well
- Categories: holy well, place of worship, and body of water
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.53233° or 52° 31′ 56″ northLongitude
-6.95452° or 6° 57′ 16″ westNamed after
Archangel MichaelOpen location code
9C4MG2JW+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 8513589144OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q126203841
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