
What is recorded here
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Still venerated. Within modern enclosure beside granite cross (CW011-016003-). (Bradley 1989, 45)
St. Molaises Well is associated with St. Molaise, an early Irish Christian saint believed to have been a companion of St. Brigid. The well is traditionally linked to healing cures, particularly for eye ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and ritual washing.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0