Saint John’s Well

Saint John’s Well is a spring in County Laois, Leinster. Saint John’s Well is situated nearby to the cemetery Tubberboe Graveyard, as well as near the forest Capponellan Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cullahill Castle and Cullahill Castle chapel.

Cullahill Castle

Ruins

Photo: Krigh, CC BY 3.0.

Cullahill Castle was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory built around 1425 and destroyed around 1650. Cullahill Castle takes its name from an ancient forest that covered Cullahill Mountain and extended down to Cullahill village. Cullahill Castle is situated 2½ km west of Saint John’s Well.

Cullahill Castle chapel

Ruins

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY 4.0.

Cullahill Castle chapel is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km west of Saint John’s Well.

Durrow Church

Church

Photo: A.-K. D., CC0.

Durrow Church is situated 4 km northeast of Saint John’s Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cullohill and Durrow.

Cullohill

Village

Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it.

Durrow

Town

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.

Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77. Durrow is situated 4 km northeast of Saint John’s Well.

Ballacolla

Village

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Ballacolla, officially Ballycolla, is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km southwest of Abbeyleix and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway. Ballacolla is situated 7 km north of Saint John’s Well.

Saint John’s Well

Type: Spring
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Categories: place of worship and body of water
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.82291° or 52° 49′ 23″ north

Longitude

-7.44065° or 7° 26′ 26″ west

Named after

John the Baptist

Open location code

9C4JRHF5+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8901989889

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

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