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St. David's Well

former holy well in Castleinch or Inchyolaghan, Co. Kilkenny
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Summary

St. David's Well is a Holy Well Semantic Concept[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: County Kilkenny[3], Castleinch or Inchyolaghan[4]
  • Country: Ireland[5]
  • Instance of: holy well[6], water well[7]
  • Named after: Saint David[8]
  • Collection: Pádraig Ó Dálaigh: The holy wells of County Kilkenny II[9], Survey of Holy Wells County Kilkenny Phase 1 and Phase 2. A report prepared for Kilkenny County Council Heritage Office as an action of the Kilkenny Heritage Plan, 2024[10]
  • Inventory number: 39[11], KHW133[12]
  • Commons category: Saint David's Well, Castleinch[13]
  • Coordinate location: 52.6195581, -7.2979334[14], 46.488181, -15.817314[15], 52.61955801737062, -7.2979215808202715[16]
  • Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory[17]
  • External data available at URL: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/castleinch-st-davids-well-4b6eae78a6cc43c2aee79bb6ab7c69a8[18]
  • Described by source: The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory III[19], The Schools' Collection[20], Pádraig Ó Dálaigh: The holy wells of County Kilkenny II[21], Richard Hyland: St David's Church, Castleinch: An Ivy-Clad Ruin, in: Old Kilkenny Review 2015, pp. 65-71[22], 6 Inch First Edition Ordnance Survey map of Ireland[23], Dermot & Julie Dorgan: Ladywell, Kilkenny 2008[24], John Hogan: Notes on the ancient churches and castles of Ballybur and Inchihologhan, in: Transactions of the Ossory Archaeological Society, Volume the Second, 1880-1883, Kilkenny 1883[25], May Sparks and Eric Bligh: Kilkenny Pen and Picture Pages of Its Story, Kilkenny, 1926[26], Survey of Holy Wells County Kilkenny Phase 1 and Phase 2. A report prepared for Kilkenny County Council Heritage Office as an action of the Kilkenny Heritage Plan, 2024[27], John Commins: Notes on the Places of Antiquarian Interest Visited By The Society, May, 1906, in: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1906[28]
  • Street address: in the Castle Field[29], in the field to the west of the Church[30]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · A.-K. D. · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inventory number → 39, KHW133
    Openstreetmap node id → 12144379129
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → County Kilkenny, Castleinch or Inchyolaghan
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 52.6195581, 'longitude': -7.2979334}, {'latitude': 46.488181, 'longitude': -15.817314}, {'latitude': 52.61955801737062, 'longitude': -7.297921580820
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Irish sites and monuments record id: KK023-089----"
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