Spring · Ireland
Saint Brigid's Well
Saint Brigid's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Slievegower, a peak 1.0 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.68711, -6.44559
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Slievegower: 1.0 mi
- Craan Hill: 2.6 mi
- Slieveboy: 2.8 mi
- Kilmichael Hill: 3.3 mi
- Milshoge Rock: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
- Blue School: 1.3 mi
- Rossminoge Church: 2.4 mi
- Toome Church: 4.5 mi
- Balisland: 5.2 mi
- 1798 memorial: 5.3 mi
Springs
- Tobermurry: 4.7 mi
- White Well: 5.2 mi
- Toberchreest: 5.4 mi
- Boiling Well: 6.1 mi
- Sunday Well: 6.8 mi
Artworks
- Frog: 11.7 mi
- The Gruffalo's Child: 11.7 mi
- Owl: 11.7 mi
- Badger: 11.8 mi
- Snake: 11.8 mi
Parks: 31
- Gorey Park: 6.2 mi
- Peoples Park: 6.5 mi
- Soccer pitch (The Pavillion): 9.4 mi
- Woodenbridge World War One Memorial Park: 13.3 mi
- The Green: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 27
- Market House: 6.4 mi
- Ferns Castle Visitor Centre: 7.0 mi
- Kia Ora Mini Farm: 8.2 mi
- Courtown Amusement Centre: 9.5 mi
- Father Murphy Centre: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 17
- Duffcarrig Rocks Beach: 9.9 mi
- Short Strand Beach: 11.4 mi
- Roney Point Beach: 11.5 mi
- Roney Point Beach: 11.6 mi
- Donaghmore Beach: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 14
- Walled garden: 11.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 11.9 mi
- Ballyraine Garden Centre: 13.8 mi
- Saint Brigid's Garden: 17.0 mi
- ICA Memorial Garden: 18.9 mi
Museums: 11
- Ballymore House: 6.8 mi
- Enniscorthy Castle: 13.8 mi
- National 1798 Centre: 14.1 mi
- Tullow Museum: 14.6 mi
- Greenan Farm Museum & Maze: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Dwyer's Rock: 19.1 mi
- South Prison: 19.2 mi
- Goat Bench: 19.2 mi
- North Prison: 19.5 mi
- Great Gully Ridge: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Coolalingo: 19.4 mi
- Carrawaystick Waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Ballinafunshoge Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Poulanass Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Jackson's Falls: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 14.0 mi
- Buckroney Sand Dunes: 19.0 mi
- Vale of Clara Nature Reserve: 20.8 mi
- Native Woodland Trust: Paddock Hill Reserve: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Courtown Woods Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Saint Brigid's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | WSW 251° | 794.4 m | 14.8 mi |
| Croaghanmoira | NNE 12° | 662.331 m | 16.3 mi |
| Moats of Craan | WSW 250° | 656.5 m | 13.7 mi |
| Croghan Kinsella | NE 34° | 606 m | 9.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | WSW 248° | 599.6 m | 12.8 mi |
| Croghan Kinsella East Top | NE 36° | 562.1 m | 9.5 mi |
| Knockroe | WSW 246° | 538.77 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ballycurragh Hill | N 3° | 536 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:53 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 20:58 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 15:08 | 16:13 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Purple-veiled Slippery Jack1 obs
- Common Carder Bumble Bee1 obs
- Cuckoo-pint1 obs
- Cherry laurel1 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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