Home

Who
What
Where
When
Why
St. Kilian's Holy Well
 

County

Cavan

Coordinates

N 53° 48' 57.1"   W 006° 59' 38.5"

Nearest town

Mullagh

Grid Ref.

N 66312 85603

Map No.

35

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

107

Date of visit

Saturday 31 May 2014

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
Show Google Map              Show Monuments in the area

    
   
PREVIOUS      NEXT
The U-shaped stone enclosure which houses the well. The site is surrounded by a hedge that tries to keep the noise of the R194 out.


This holy well is right outside Mullagh, on the R194 towards west.
The well also marks the birthplace of St. Kilian. He was born in 640 AD.
He was a member of the Cailenga family who ruled the area of Eastern Cavan and North Meath. He was educated at the Ross Alithir (now Ross Carbery) and founded a monastery in Kilmachillogue in county Kerry from where he started his pilgrimage to central Europe until he arrived in Würzburg, in Germany, in 686. Three years later he was martyred. His feast day is July 8th.
The well is nearly dry and the little water still present in the basin is rank and uninviting. Above the well there's a stone statue of St. Kilian in the act of blessing. Behind him is a round sculpture that reminds me of a snail shell. There's a U-shaped enclosure around the well with the aperture facing northwest (315°).

We came here for the first time on September 9th, 2003.


Browse by Monument Type
Browse by County
Browse by Date of Visit
Browse by Map Number

A-Z List

Clickable Counties
Clickable OS Maps Grid

Find a Map

Multimap

The days before GPS

The Stones in the Movies

Glossary
Links
Guestbook
FAQ

What's NEW?


Search


Site view counter: 25076583

Copyright © 1994-2024 Antonio D'Imperio
All the photos, the graphics and the texts on this website are automatically copyrighted to me under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886. Any violation of the copyright will be pursued according to the applicable laws.

info@irishstones.org

Powered by AxeCMS/CustomEngine(V0.25.00 build 999) by Sergio "Axeman" Lorenzetti. (C) 2009-2015

counter