
Folklore · saints
Places of St Fiachra in Ireland
5 sites named after or linked to St Fiachra.
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5 sites named after or linked to St Fiachra in the Archaeological Survey: 3 holy wells, 1 ancient churches, 1 high crosses.
Folklore on ErinSites is quoted from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland (or, when marked, from visitors). It records what people said or believed about a place; it is not presented as historical fact.
- Hermit's Well Holy well · Clontubbrid, Co. Kilkenny
- Saint Fiachra's Well Holy well · Sheastown, Co. Kilkenny
- Saint Fiacre's Well Holy well · Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
The well is dedicated to St Fiachra, who according to tradition founded a church here in the latter part of the 6th-century (Vigors 1893, 257).
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - Sheastown Church Ancient church · Sheastown, Co. Kilkenny
- Ullard high cross High cross · Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
The church is dedicated to St Fiachra, who according to tradition founded it in the latter part of the 6th-century (Vigors 1893, 257).
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact
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