Fr. Cloney's Well
Fr. Cloney's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Milkman Monk, a artwork 0.6 miles away.
Covered up holy well associated with a Fr Cloney who was the brother of General Thomas Cloney. Distant memories of stories told in the 1920s or 1930s about pilgrimages to the well survived in 2024.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Milkman Monk: 0.6 mi
- Stone Mason Monk: 0.9 mi
- Farmer Monk: 1.0 mi
- Scribe Monk: 1.0 mi
- St. Moling: 1.0 mi
- The Pound: 0.9 mi
- Monastic Mills: 1.0 mi
- Assembly Rooms: 1.0 mi
- Bianconi Archway: 1.0 mi
- Drinking Well: 1.0 mi
- Keating's Well: 0.9 mi
- Lady's Well: 1.0 mi
- Saint Michael's Well: 1.6 mi
- Toberelleen: 1.9 mi
- Ballynakill Wells: 2.1 mi
- Croghan: 2.3 mi
- Frengh Hill: 3.0 mi
- Brandon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Coppanagh: 3.2 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 3.6 mi
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Cois Bearbha: 5.2 mi
- Goresbridge Community Park: 5.5 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 8.6 mi
- Oak Grove Millennium Park: 10.2 mi
- Cushendale Woollen Mills: 1.0 mi
- Ballyogan Cross: 1.1 mi
- Gowran Abbey: 6.6 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 7.0 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 8.6 mi
- Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 6.1 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 7.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 9.5 mi
- Goodly Barrow Museum: 5.4 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 6.1 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 12.8 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 13.7 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 13.9 mi
- Arthurstown Beach: 21.5 mi
- Duncannon: 23.2 mi
- Raheen Strand: 23.5 mi
- Dromina Strand: 24.0 mi
- Booley Bay Beach: 24.5 mi
- Castle View: 6.9 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 7.5 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 13.9 mi
- Fiddown Island: 21.5 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 21.6 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 18.5 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 18.5 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 24.3 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 16.3 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Fr. Cloney's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | ENE 60° | 794.4 m | 9.0 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | E 93° | 732.1 m | 6.8 mi |
| Moats of Craan | ENE 63° | 656.5 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | ENE 66° | 599.6 m | 11.0 mi |
| Knockroe | ENE 70° | 538.77 m | 7.9 mi |
| Slievebawn | NE 48° | 524.8 m | 8.9 mi |
| Brandon Hill | S 185° | 515 m | 3.0 mi |
| White Mountain | ESE 122° | 509 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:55 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:59 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 15:11 | 16:16 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12633192773
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