Spring · Ireland
Saint Brigid's Well
Saint Brigid's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Baunreaghcong stands 508 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Morett Castle (ruins), a historic site 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.07630, -7.19315
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Morett Castle (ruins): 0.1 mi
- Coolbanagher Castle (ruins): 1.6 mi
- Kilteale Church: 2.8 mi
- Great Hall: 3.2 mi
- Rock of Dunamase: 3.2 mi
Springs
- Sully Well: 0.1 mi
- Martin's Well: 0.2 mi
- Tobernahinch: 0.5 mi
- Julian's Well: 0.9 mi
- Clash Alick's Well: 1.4 mi
Peaks
- Killone Hill: 1.5 mi
- Castle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sandy Hill: 2.6 mi
- Holme's Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kilteale Hill: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- Polyhymnia: 2.2 mi
- Eitilt: 5.1 mi
- Fragments of Time and Space: 5.2 mi
- Peacock: 5.3 mi
- James Fintan Lalor Sculpture: 5.4 mi
Parks
- The Grange: 4.6 mi
- Railway Mews Play Area: 5.0 mi
- Portlaoise Leisure Centre Park: 5.0 mi
- Portarlington GAA Ground Parking: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 22
- Emo Court: 2.1 mi
- Ballykilcavan Brewing Company: 5.2 mi
- Timahoe Round Tower: 8.0 mi
- Kildare Round Tower: 12.9 mi
- Japanese Gardens: 13.0 mi
Gardens: 18
- Emo Court Walled Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 5.1 mi
- Abbey Sense Garden: 12.8 mi
- Abbeyleix Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 14.4 mi
Museums: 18
- Stradbally Steam Museum: 4.9 mi
- Timahoe Heritage Centre: 8.0 mi
- Shackleton Museum: 10.5 mi
- Town Hall: 10.5 mi
- Abbeyleix Heritage Centre: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Emo Court picnic area: 2.2 mi
- Carrick Woods: 4.7 mi
- Blackhall bridge picnic area: 4.8 mi
- River walk: 5.9 mi
- Moore Abbey Wood: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Derryounce Lakes & Trails: 7.5 mi
- Community Orchard: 12.7 mi
- Pollardstown Fen Nature Reserve: 16.3 mi
- Ardan Wood: 21.9 mi
- Ballynafagh Bog Special Area of Conservation: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Clamp Hole Waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Saint Brigid's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baunreaghcong | W 272° | 508.195 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wolftrap Mountain | W 276° | 487 m | 16.4 mi |
| Ridge of Capard | W 275° | 482.088 m | 12.4 mi |
| Castleconor | W 268° | 407 m | 15.9 mi |
| Fossy Mountain | S 174° | 332 m | 9.1 mi |
| Fossy Hill | S 178° | 323 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cullenagh Mountain | SSW 198° | 317 m | 8.8 mi |
| Hewson Hill | SSW 196° | 258 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:56 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 21:02 | 22:00 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:07 | 16:14 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Cross Orbweaver3 obs
- Cuckoo-pint2 obs
- Mallard1 obs
- Rook1 obs
- Common Snowberry1 obs
- Red Admiral1 obs
- Crimson Waxcap1 obs
- Common Brimstone1 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.
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