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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 53 m. Sliabh an Iarainn stands 585 m to the east, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Josie McDermott Memorial, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 16 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.06825, -8.21426

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Josie McDermott Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Tobar Ailbhe Holy Well: 2.2 mi
  • Geevagh Prisoners 1908 Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Dismantled Mine Tramway: 2.8 mi
  • Shancough Church: 3.0 mi
Springs
Peaks
  • Kilronan Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Barroe North: 3.8 mi
  • Carrane Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Seltannasaggart SE Slope: 4.7 mi
  • Seltannasaggart: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 25
Parks: 19
  • Lough Key Forest & Activity Park: 6.0 mi
  • Oakport Green: 6.3 mi
  • Cootehall Riverdise Park: 6.3 mi
  • Coothall Quays and Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Riverview park: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 14
Cliffs: 9
  • Carrane Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 13.0 mi
  • The Playground: 13.1 mi
  • Playgroud: 13.1 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Nature reserves: 6
  • Wildlife Area: 13.2 mi
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 13.4 mi
  • Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 14.7 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 21.0 mi
  • Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Walled Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Community garden: 6.2 mi
  • Bush Hotel Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Walled Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Pleasure Grounds: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hazelwood: 15.7 mi
  • Kilglas: 19.5 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 21.8 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Rynn Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Culleenamore: 20.5 mi
  • Rosses Point Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Dunmoran Strand: 24.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Marble Arch: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of St. Brigid's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sliabh an IarainnE 80°585 m10.0 mi
KnockacullionENE 75°562 m10.9 mi
The PlaybankNE 54°542 m13.3 mi
BencroyENE 72°518 m12.0 mi
BenbrackENE 71°502 m15.8 mi
GowlanENE 71°492 m16.3 mi
Derrynananta UpperENE 69°479 m15.7 mi
Benbrack W TopENE 67°463 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3717:5918:46
June solstice05:0121:1122:10
September equinox07:1918:4819:34
December solstice08:5115:0216:12

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Himalayan honeysuckle4 obs
  • European Robin2 obs
  • White Wagtail2 obs
  • Tree Lungwort2 obs
  • Germander Speedwell2 obs
  • Red Clover2 obs
  • common hazel2 obs
  • Cuckooflower2 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/10735360418

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