Ballyda Holy Well
Ballyda Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady's Well, a spring 0.2 miles away.
Local resident remembers it roughly in that spot, but there are bushes and a new wall preventing further invenstigation.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lady's Well: 0.2 mi
- Mickel's Well: 0.5 mi
- Lacken Well: 1.8 mi
- Saint Dallan's Well: 2.2 mi
- Toberakin: 2.6 mi
- Danesfort Cross: 1.4 mi
- Prior's Tower: 1.8 mi
- Water Tower: 1.9 mi
- Famous Horses of Kells: 1.9 mi
- Burnchurch Castle: 2.0 mi
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 2.1 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 5.3 mi
- The Quarry: 5.5 mi
- Talbots Tower Archaeological Park: 5.8 mi
- Kilkenny Castle Park: 5.9 mi
- St Kevin's Head: 3.1 mi
- James Hoban Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Cantwell Fada: 5.7 mi
- A Hug for You: 5.8 mi
- Void Anchored: 5.8 mi
- Knockanbawn: 7.4 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 8.5 mi
- Saddle Hill: 9.0 mi
- Frengh Hill: 9.1 mi
- Coppanagh: 9.1 mi
- Kilree Round Tower: 3.3 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 3.9 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 5.2 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 5.3 mi
- Kilkenny Road Train Tours: 5.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.4 mi
- Shrubberies: 5.4 mi
- Orchard: 5.5 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 5.6 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 1.7 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 6.0 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 6.2 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 6.2 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 6.6 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 5.0 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 6.9 mi
- Fiddown Island: 16.7 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 19.6 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 20.8 mi
- Castle View: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 15.7 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 23.6 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 6.9 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Ballyda Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstairs Mountain | E 93° | 732.1 m | 18.8 mi |
| Slievenamon | SW 234° | 720.2 m | 16.1 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | WSW 237° | 564 m | 16.3 mi |
| Sheegouna | SW 235° | 553.5 m | 15.4 mi |
| Brandon Hill | ESE 108° | 515 m | 12.3 mi |
| White Mountain | ESE 103° | 509 m | 17.7 mi |
| Knockahunna | WSW 237° | 502.8 m | 15.1 mi |
| Carrigroe | E 100° | 495 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:57 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 21:01 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Robin11 obs
- Eurasian Blackbird10 obs
- White Wagtail6 obs
- Barn Swallow4 obs
- Marmalade Hover Fly4 obs
- Hooded Crow4 obs
- hogweed4 obs
- Garden Snail4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12819956154
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