St Laserian’s Well

St Laserian’s Well is a spring in County Carlow, Leinster. St Laserian’s Well is situated near the church St Laserian’s Cathedral, as well as near the cemetery Old Leighlin Graveyard.

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Type: Spring
Description: holy well in Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow
Also known as: “Saint Laserian’s Well”, “Saint Molaise’s Well”, “Saint Molaises Well”, and “St. Molaise’s Well”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Laserian’s Cathedral and Leighlinbridge Castle.

St Laserian’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Leighlin, is now one of the six cathedral churches in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory of the Church of Ireland. St Laserian’s Cathedral is situated 210 metres east of St Laserian’s Well.

Leighlinbridge Castle

Ruins

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on the River Barrow. The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. Leighlinbridge Castle is situated 3½ km east of St Laserian’s Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Leighlin and Leighlinbridge.

Old Leighlin

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Old Leighlin, also Oldleighlin, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1,500 monks in residence.

Leighlinbridge

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Leighlinbridge is a town in County Carlow, with an ancient bridge over the River Barrow that's still in use. It stood astride the main Dublin-Waterford road until bypassed in the 1980s. In 2022 its population was less than 1,000.

Royal Oak

Village

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Royal Oak is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is on the west side of the River Barrow, across from Bagenalstown, and is off the former N9 road. It is not in or a part of Bagenalstown. Royal Oak is within the townland of Clorusk. Royal Oak is situated 4½ km southeast of St Laserian’s Well.

St Laserian’s Well

Categories: holy well and body of water
Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.73612° or 52° 44′ 10″ north

Longitude

-7.02866° or 7° 1′ 43″ west

Named after

Molaise of Leighlin

Open location code

9C4JPXPC+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8992477105

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

Wikidata ID

Q30136905

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Old Leighlin Graveyard and Old Leighlin Post Office.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Mace and 1798.

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Worth a closer look: Carlow and Bagenalstown.

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