
Folklore · saints
Places of St Kevin in Ireland
5 sites named after or linked to St Kevin.
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5 sites named after or linked to St Kevin in the Archaeological Survey: 2 holy wells, 2 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.
- Tubbermohocca Holy well · Kilcock, Co. Kildare
Local tradition recalls a pattern day at the well on the 6th of June (pers. comm. Mr. Michael Durkan).
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - St. Keevil's Well Holy well · Ballybrennan Little, Co. Wexford
John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 says that the pattern was held on 27 August (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 281).
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact - St. Kevin's Church, Camden Row, Dublin Ancient church · , Co. Dublin
- St. Kevin's Cross High cross · Sevenchurches Or Camaderry, Co. Wicklow
- St. Kieran's Church Ancient church · Sevenchurches Or Camaderry, Co. Wicklow
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