Spring · Ireland
Saint Columb's Well
Saint Columb's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint James's Holy Well, a spring 1.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.32779, -7.03250
Named places within 25 miles
Springs
- Saint James's Holy Well: 1.4 mi
- Saint Cuan's Well: 2.9 mi
- Tobermurry: 2.9 mi
- Major's Well: 3.4 mi
- St. Nicholas' Well: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
- Ballinlaw Castle: 1.9 mi
- Kilmokea Church: 2.7 mi
- New Ross Port Company River Barrow Improvement Scheme: 3.2 mi
- Castle: 3.2 mi
- Turret: 3.3 mi
Attractions
- Kennedy Homestead: 2.5 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey: 4.3 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre: 4.5 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey Hedge Maze: 4.5 mi
- Vadrafjordr Longboat: 5.6 mi
Peaks
- Partridge Hill: 3.3 mi
- Tory Hill: 4.2 mi
- Slievecoiltia: 4.3 mi
- Camlin Hill: 4.4 mi
- Minaun Hill: 4.5 mi
Artworks
- Thomas Francis Meagher: 5.6 mi
- SS Port Lairge propellor: 5.7 mi
- Waterford Crystal: 5.7 mi
- John J. Hearne: 5.7 mi
- Strongbow & Aoife: 5.7 mi
Parks: 55
- New Ross Harbour Board Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Dobbyn's Field: 4.2 mi
- Ferrybank Neighbourhood Park: 4.6 mi
- Fairways Green: 5.1 mi
- Fairways Green: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 35
- Arthurstown Beach: 6.8 mi
- Raheen Strand: 8.2 mi
- Duncannon: 8.7 mi
- Dromina Strand: 8.8 mi
- Woodstown Strand: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 25
- Kilmokea Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.4 mi
- Robert Emmet Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
- High Hill Norman Garden: 6.1 mi
- Top of the City Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Museums: 19
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 4.2 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 5.6 mi
- Irish Silver Museum: 5.6 mi
- Medieval Museum: 5.6 mi
- Irish Wake Museum: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Fiddown Island: 12.1 mi
- Fenor Bog: 13.8 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 15.1 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Carricjmore Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Mahon Valley: 22.8 mi
- Mahon Valley: 24.1 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.8 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Castle View: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 7.4 mi
- Mahon Falls: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Saint Columb's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstairs Mountain | NNE 32° | 732.1 m | 18.0 mi |
| Knockroe | NNE 29° | 538.77 m | 20.9 mi |
| Brandon Hill | N 11° | 515 m | 12.8 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 33° | 509 m | 14.7 mi |
| Carrigroe | NNE 32° | 495 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bran Poceagh | NNE 33° | 489 m | 14.6 mi |
| Carrigalachan | NNE 30° | 463 m | 16.3 mi |
| Slievebaun | NE 35° | 444 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:56 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:59 | 21:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 15:13 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Barn Swallow2 obs
- Eurasian Curlew1 obs
- Eurasian Red Squirrel1 obs
- Common Snowberry1 obs
- Marmalade Hover Fly1 obs
- Small Tortoiseshell1 obs
- Common Carder Bumble Bee1 obs
- creeping thistle1 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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