St. Catherine’s Well
St. Catherine’s Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. St. Catherine’s Well is situated nearby to the ruins St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse, as well as near Rathbeagh Castle.- Type: Spring
- Description: former holy well in Rathbeagh, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Saint Catherine’s Well” and “Tubbernaevkathaleen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rathbeagh and St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse.
Rathbeagh
Archaeological site
Rathbeagh is a townland and hill on the River Nore in the parish of Lisdowney near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Irish language name is Rath Beithigh, meaning "rath of the birch trees". Rathbeagh is situated 160 metres southeast of St. Catherine’s Well.
St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse
Ruins
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Catherine’s Church and towerhouse is a ruins, which is situated 130 metres northwest of St. Catherine’s Well.
Foulksrath Castle
Castle
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Foulksrath Castle is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyragget.
Ballyragget
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue. Ballyragget is situated 4 km north of St. Catherine’s Well.
St. Catherine’s Well
- Categories: Holy Well Semantic Concept, holy well, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.75383° or 52° 45′ 14″ northLongitude
-7.34555° or 7° 20′ 44″ westNamed after
Catherine of AlexandriaOpen location code
9C4JQM33+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8514900868OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q126474583
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