Saint Lachtain’s Well
Freshford is a village and former town in the barony of Crannagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is 13 km north-west of Kilkenny city. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Spring
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Holy well dedicated to St. Lachtain near Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Also known as: “Saint Lachtain’s Well, Freshford”, “St. Lachtain’s Well”, “Tober Lachtain”, “Toberlachtain”, and “Toberlaghteen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Lachtain’s Church and Tobernapeastia.
St. Lachtain’s Church
Church
St. Lachtain's Church was built in 1731 in the village of Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The church is named after St. Lachtain who died in Donoughmore, County Cork, in 622. St. Lachtain’s Church is situated 570 metres west of Saint Lachtain’s Well.
Tobernapeastia
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tobernapeastia is a spring, which is situated 2 km west of Saint Lachtain’s Well.
Ballylarkin Church
Ruins
Ballylarkin Church, also called Ballylarkin Abbey, is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Ballylarkin Church is situated 2½ km west of Saint Lachtain’s Well.
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 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers. Ballyragget is situated 7 km northeast of Saint Lachtain’s Well.
Saint Lachtain’s Well
- Categories: Holy Well Semantic Concept, holy well, architectural structure, place of worship, and body of water
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.7316° or 52° 43′ 54″ northLongitude
-7.38951° or 7° 23′ 22″ westNamed after
Lachtín mac TarbínOpen location code
9C4JPJJ6+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 935503837OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
natural=springOpenStreetMap feature
water=springOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q121840779
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In Other Languages
“Saint Lachtain’s Well” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Tobar Lachtain”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Lachtain’s GAA and Freshford Garda Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint Lachtain’s Well”. Photo: A.-K. D., CC0.