Saint Andrew’s Well
Saint Andrew’s Well is a spring in Kilkenny, Leinster. Saint Andrew’s Well is situated nearby to the meadow Fishpond Field, as well as near the cemetery Kilmadum graveyard.- Type: Spring
- Description: former holy well in Kilmadum, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “St Andrew’s Well”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunmore Cave and St Joseph’s Church.
Dunmore Cave
Cave
Photo: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is formed in Lower Carboniferous limestone of the Clogrenan Formation. Dunmore Cave is situated 1¼ km west of Saint Andrew’s Well.
St Joseph’s Church
Church
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph’s Church is situated 1¼ km south of Saint Andrew’s Well.
Trinity Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trinity Well is a spring, which is situated 3 km west of Saint Andrew’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnswell and Castlecomer.
Johnswell
Locality
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Johnswell is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires. Johnswell is situated 5 km southeast of Saint Andrew’s Well.
Castlecomer
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.
Castlewarren
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlewarren, previously known as Buile, is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located some 4 kilometres north of the N10 national primary road at Flagmount. Castlewarren is situated 9 km southeast of Saint Andrew’s Well.
Saint Andrew’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
52.73058° or 52° 43′ 50″ northLongitude
-7.22729° or 7° 13′ 38″ westNamed after
Andrew the ApostleOpen location code
9C4JPQJF+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 8554539057OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q126487303
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