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St. Brigid's Well

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

St. Brigid's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Seahan stands 647 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Bog Road made famous by Teresa Bryton 1868-1943, a historic site 0.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.41500, -6.77099

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Old Bog Road made famous by Teresa Bryton 1868-1943: 0.5 mi
  • Newtown House: 1.2 mi
  • Killeighter Holy Well: 1.4 mi
  • Agher House: 2.8 mi
  • In Memory of All Those Involved in the Rebellion of 1798: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Cloncurry Graveyard: 0.9 mi
  • Kilgar Gardens: 2.9 mi
  • The Grill Shack: 4.3 mi
  • Larchil Arcadian Gardens: 5.0 mi
  • Library Garden: 7.4 mi
Parks
  • The Royal Canal Park: 2.8 mi
  • The Green: 7.0 mi
  • Saint Mary's Square: 7.5 mi
  • Pound Park: 7.7 mi
  • The Formal Garden: 8.6 mi
Springs
  • St. Brigid's Well: 4.7 mi
  • Saint Peters Well: 5.0 mi
  • Largan Well: 5.4 mi
  • Chalybeala Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Doyle's Well: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • St. Peter's Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Crockberry Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Mullagh: 6.3 mi
  • Carbury Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Mullahanna Hill: 9.6 mi
Gardens
  • Junior Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Park View Memorial Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Lodge Park Walled Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Scoil Mochua Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 10.7 mi
Museums: 52
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 11.4 mi
  • Poplar Square: 14.2 mi
  • Newbridge Town Park: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of St. Brigid's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SeahanSE 130°647.3 m21.1 mi
Ballymorefinn HillSE 128°566 m20.8 mi
Butter MountainSE 133°539 m20.3 mi
Black HillSE 129°470 m20.0 mi
LugnagunSSE 147°446.2 m21.5 mi
SlievenabawnogeSE 126°436 m20.0 mi
SpinkeenSE 124°418 m21.4 mi
KnackannaveaSE 128°400.8 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5418:40
June solstice04:5921:0222:00
September equinox07:1318:4219:28
December solstice08:4115:0316:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Rook1 obs
  • Eurasian Bullfinch1 obs
  • European Robin1 obs
  • House Sparrow1 obs
  • greater periwinkle1 obs
  • colt's-foot1 obs
  • ragwort1 obs
  • Hooded Crow1 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/13758898980

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