St. Mogarra’s Well
St. Mogarra’s Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Clara Castle, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
Stone lined well of c. 60cm diameter, covered with corrugated iron sheets to keep the water clean. Walls partially collapsed. Pipe conducts water to nearby house.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Clara Castle: 0.2 mi
- The Garden Shed: 1.4 mi
- Moonhall Castle (ruins): 1.5 mi
- Freneystown Castle: 1.7 mi
- Cantwell's Castle (ruins): 2.0 mi
- St. Colman's Well: 1.1 mi
- Tobernanaspog: 1.3 mi
- Saint Scoheen's Well: 1.5 mi
- Toberateoran: 1.5 mi
- Castle Well: 1.5 mi
- Knockanbawn: 1.4 mi
- Castle Hill: 3.4 mi
- Purcell's Kill: 3.7 mi
- Frengh Hill: 8.7 mi
- Gallows Hill: 8.7 mi
- A Hug for You: 4.1 mi
- The Age Friendly Cat: 4.1 mi
- Kilkenny Cat: 4.2 mi
- Void Anchored: 4.2 mi
- National Monument to Missing People: 4.3 mi
- Pococke Park: 3.5 mi
- The Quarry: 4.2 mi
- Kilkenny Castle Park: 4.3 mi
- Peace Park: 4.4 mi
- Riverside Garden: 4.5 mi
- Jurassic Newpark: 4.1 mi
- Kilkenny City Tours: 4.5 mi
- Kilkenny Road Train Tours: 4.5 mi
- Boat Trips: 4.5 mi
- The Castle Yard: 4.5 mi
- Famine Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Butler House Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Rothe House Garden: 4.6 mi
- Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 4.8 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 4.3 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 4.6 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 4.6 mi
- Goodly Barrow Museum: 7.3 mi
- Footprints In Coal: 9.6 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 4.1 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 9.5 mi
- Fiddown Island: 24.9 mi
- Castle View: 10.4 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 8.4 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.4 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of St. Mogarra’s Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | ESE 103° | 794.4 m | 15.9 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | ESE 120° | 732.1 m | 16.7 mi |
| Moats of Craan | ESE 102° | 656.5 m | 17.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | ESE 102° | 599.6 m | 18.1 mi |
| Knockroe | ESE 110° | 538.77 m | 16.0 mi |
| Slievebawn | E 99° | 524.8 m | 14.4 mi |
| Brandon Hill | SSE 147° | 515 m | 13.4 mi |
| White Mountain | SE 132° | 509 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:56 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 21:01 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:11 | 16:16 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Starling1 obs
- Ivy-leaved toadflax1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12175671908
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