Spring · Ireland
St Columbkille's Well
St Columbkille's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Lugnaquilla stands 925 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Moone Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.98025, -6.82387
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Moone Park: 0.5 mi
- Castledermot Playground: 4.7 mi
- People's Park: 6.5 mi
- Fair Green: 7.4 mi
- Wynne Park: 9.5 mi
Historic sites
- Killelan Abbey: 1.4 mi
- Cottage ruin: 3.8 mi
- Lorcán Ó Tuathail: 3.9 mi
- Site of Rampere Chapel: 4.1 mi
- Gorden Bennet Race memorial: 4.9 mi
Springs
- Saint Patrick's Well: 1.5 mi
- St Thomas' Well: 6.1 mi
- Saint Nicholas's Well: 7.0 mi
- Well: 7.1 mi
- Sunday Well: 7.6 mi
Peaks
- Mullaghreelan: 3.7 mi
- Corballis Hill: 3.9 mi
- Tinoran Hill: 4.1 mi
- Knockpatrick Hill: 4.9 mi
- Green Hills: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 48
- Homeward: 5.3 mi
- Lock gate: 5.8 mi
- Ford of Ae: 6.4 mi
- Ernest Shackleton: 6.7 mi
- Sphishing: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 28
- Burtown House and Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Castledermot Round Tower: 4.8 mi
- Franciscan Friary: 5.0 mi
- Duckett's Grove: 8.5 mi
- Kilcullen Round Tower: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 20
- Duckett's Grove Walled Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 10.1 mi
- An Gháirdín Beo: 10.5 mi
- An Gháirdín Beo: 10.6 mi
- New Oak Estate Memorial Garden: 10.8 mi
Museums: 18
- Town Hall: 6.7 mi
- Shackleton Museum: 6.7 mi
- Carlow Military Museum: 10.4 mi
- Carlow County Museum: 10.9 mi
- Dwyer McAllister Cottage: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
- North Prison: 14.7 mi
- South Prison: 15.1 mi
- Goat Bench: 15.2 mi
- Great Gully Ridge: 15.8 mi
- Abseil: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Ballinafunshoge Waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Carrawaystick Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Coolalingo: 19.8 mi
- Poulanass Waterfall: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Moore Abbey Wood: 14.0 mi
- Newbridge Town Park: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Poplar Square: 17.9 mi
- Emo Court picnic area: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Pollardstown Fen Nature Reserve: 14.5 mi
- Native Woodland Trust: Blessington Reserve: 15.1 mi
- Community Orchard: 18.3 mi
- Derryounce Lakes & Trails: 21.0 mi
- Ballynafagh Bog Special Area of Conservation: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 1
- Coon Beach: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of St Columbkille's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lugnaquilla | E 93° | 924.7 m | 15.0 mi |
| Slievemaan | E 96° | 759.7 m | 14.1 mi |
| Camenabologue | E 83° | 758 m | 14.5 mi |
| Conavalla | E 81° | 734 m | 15.7 mi |
| Table Mountain | E 80° | 701.7 m | 14.5 mi |
| Benleagh | E 88° | 689 m | 15.4 mi |
| Lybagh | E 99° | 682.6 m | 14.6 mi |
| Camenabologue SE Top | E 85° | 663 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:54 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 21:01 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:07 | 16:13 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Common Carder Bumble Bee1 obs
- Golden Dung Fly1 obs
- Garden Snail1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
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