Saint Columbkill's Well, Inistioge

In John G. A. Prim's Nooks and Corners of the County Kilkenny (1848), the well's location is described as: "opposite the Moat the track of a tiny streamlet leads up the hill-side to the Holy Well of St.

[3] An information panel at the start of Hatchery Lane states that it was the source of water for the monks in the Augustinian priory which was built in 1206.

[5] Some sources date these carved fragments, "salvaged" from the priory, to the 16th century,[6] The feast day of Saint Columbkill, 9 June, has historically been celebrated at the well.

[8] Some accounts describes the well as being decorated with candles and flowers each year,[7] while another states that "Saint Colmcilles head and an Angel is carved on a stone" at the well.

[10][11] According to these accounts, the residents of Hatchery Lane used the water for domestic purposes and also refer to fish (possibly trout) living in the well.