Spring · Ireland
Saint Kieran's Well
Saint Kieran's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Blackstairs Mountain stands 732 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is RIC Barracks, a historic site 0.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.52419, -7.23760
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- RIC Barracks: 0.9 mi
- Police Barracks 1839: 0.9 mi
- Site of Village Well 1810-1950: 0.9 mi
- Petty Sessions Courthouse 1839: 0.9 mi
- Site of tennis club: 1.0 mi
Springs
- Toberbride: 1.3 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.0 mi
- Lacken Well: 2.2 mi
- Ballylinch Well: 2.6 mi
- Ballyda Holy Well: 2.9 mi
Parks
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 1.8 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 3.3 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 4.0 mi
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 6.4 mi
- The Quarry: 8.2 mi
Artworks
- Cantwell Fada: 5.4 mi
- St Kevin's Head: 6.0 mi
- James Hoban Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Ball: 6.4 mi
- Rut: 6.4 mi
Peaks
- Carricknagappul: 7.8 mi
- Saddle Hill: 7.9 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 7.9 mi
- Carricktriss Gorse: 8.1 mi
- Chapel Rock: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 47
- Kilree Round Tower: 1.4 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 3.3 mi
- Aghaviller Round Tower: 4.3 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 5.9 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 23
- Walled Garden: 2.0 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 3.6 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 4.3 mi
- Shrubberies: 4.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.1 mi
Museums: 21
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 1.9 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 7.0 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 8.8 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Thomastown Quarry: 4.0 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 9.7 mi
- Fiddown Island: 14.1 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 17.9 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 18.4 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 22.3 mi
- Mahon Falls: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 4
- Arthurstown Beach: 22.9 mi
- Raheen Strand: 24.1 mi
- Dromina Strand: 24.6 mi
- Duncannon: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Castle View: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 9.0 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 9.0 mi
- Mahon Valley: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Saint Kieran's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstairs Mountain | E 84° | 732.1 m | 18.2 mi |
| Slievenamon | WSW 244° | 720.2 m | 15.2 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | WSW 247° | 564 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sheegouna | WSW 245° | 553.5 m | 14.6 mi |
| Brandon Hill | E 95° | 515 m | 11.1 mi |
| White Mountain | E 94° | 509 m | 16.6 mi |
| Knockahunna | WSW 248° | 502.8 m | 14.4 mi |
| Carrigroe | E 91° | 495 m | 17.0 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 | 21:00 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Ivy-leaved toadflax6 obs
- bittersweet nightshade3 obs
- Greater celandine3 obs
- maidenhair spleenwort3 obs
- Common Kingfisher2 obs
- Oregano2 obs
- Common Wood-Pigeon1 obs
- Rook1 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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