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<< Text Pages >> St Carthage's Well (Lismore) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Waterford

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 07 July 2007  Page Views: 5002

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Carthage's Well (Lismore)
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 8.947 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Waterford Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Lismore
Latitude: 52.138601N  Longitude: 7.931769W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Co. Waterford

The well is said to rise on the feast day of St.Carthage, May 15th, and then disappear within 24 hours.
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X0498 : St Carthage's Well (Holy Well) by N Chadwick
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X0498 : St Carthage's Well (Holy Well) by N Chadwick
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X0498 : McCarthy's insurance,  Lismore. by Richard Webb
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X0498 : A Lismore gateway. by Richard Webb
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X0498 : Lismore Monument and Main Street by Dave Spencer
by Dave Spencer
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"St Carthage's Well (Lismore)" | Login/Create an Account | 2 News and Comments
  
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Re: St Carthage's Well (Lismore) by davidmorgan on Monday, 05 June 2017
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Re: St Carthage's Well (Lismore) by TimPrevett on Saturday, 07 July 2007
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YouTube clip of prayers at this well; not my scene personally, but fascinating insight into the reverence of the well, with traffic rushing past!

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