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St. Ailbe's Well

St. Ailbe's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St. Ailbe's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Galtymore stands 918 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Peter's Well, a spring 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.46290, -8.35115

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • O'Hurley's Castle (ruins): 3.3 mi
  • Kenmare Castle: 3.5 mi
  • Church (ruins): 3.7 mi
  • Ballynamona Church (ruins): 5.0 mi
  • Knockainey Castle: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 33
Parks: 29
  • The Hills: 7.7 mi
  • Lough Gur Lakeshore Park: 8.3 mi
  • Small Plots: 8.6 mi
  • The Plots: 8.6 mi
  • Terra Nova Garden: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 19
Gardens: 14
  • Carraig Mór: 11.1 mi
  • Condon's Corner: 13.3 mi
  • Castle Gardens: 13.7 mi
  • Lady Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Walled Garden: 13.9 mi
Museums: 9
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
  • Life Space Park: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Coonagh Nature: 19.8 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 21.7 mi
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Yurty's Couch: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of St. Ailbe's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GaltymoreSE 133°917.9 m9.9 mi
LyracappulSE 144°825.3 m8.8 mi
CarrignabinniaSE 141°822.9 m8.7 mi
GreenaneESE 123°801.3 m12.1 mi
GaltybegSE 129°799.2 m10.3 mi
Greenane WestSE 125°787 m11.4 mi
Temple HillSSE 151°783.1 m9.1 mi
SlievecushnabinniaSE 138°774.8 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0118:46
June solstice05:1121:0522:01
September equinox07:2018:4919:34
December solstice08:4215:1716:22

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • European Goldfinch7 obs
  • Eurasian Bullfinch5 obs
  • Barn Swallow5 obs
  • Red Fox5 obs
  • Song Thrush4 obs
  • European Robin4 obs
  • Red-tailed Bumble Bee4 obs
  • Eurasian Blue Tit4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/13752802673

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