🌐 If The Past Could Talk

Kilrossanty Heritage Walk

📍 Waterford🚶 4 stops🚶️ 0.1km⌛ ~15 min

Climb down a stone stile into a medieval churchyard beneath the Comeragh Mountains, where a rare hagioscope, three named holy wells still visited on St Brigid's Day, an 1840 chapel and the graves of five War of Independence dead all sit within a few dozen steps of each other. Looking for things to do in Kilrossanty? Start here — no car, no ticket, no booking.

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Stops on This Trail

  1. Kilrossanty Old Church & Graveyard
  2. The Holy Wells: Tobar Bhríde, Tobar Muire & Tobar Íosa
  3. St Brigid's Catholic Church, Boolattin
  4. The Republican Plot

For Schools

This trail is also available as a free printable classroom worksheet or full trail booklet — no site visit required. See how Classroom Prep Mode works →