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Holy Well Westmeath

Tobermíonad

Situated in low-lying, poorly drained pasture. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map and annotated ‘Tobermíonad’. Monument described in 1970-2 as a small well enclosed by a large rock and a ruined masonry wall. It is one of two natural spr Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

Tobermochulla

Located off-centre to SE, within a children’s burial ground (CL035-020001-). Depicted as a small, circular well on the 1839 OS 6-inch map and named Tobermochulla on all OS historic mapping. A shallow, oval depression (2.25m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW; D 0.45m) wh Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

Tobermochulla

In poorly drained, level rushy pasture, c. 0.5m to S of a land drain (long-axis E-W). Depicted and named ‘Tobermochulla’ on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map, the 25-inch OS map and the 1921 edition OS 6-inch map. One of a number of holy wells by tha Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

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Holy Well Clare

Tobermochulla

Within a burial ground (CL035-072001-), off-centre to S, on a steep NW-facing slope. Depicted and named ‘Tobermochulla’ on all OS historic mapping. Not visible at ground level. According to local information, the old people use to talk about the holy Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

Tobermochulla

On a SE-facing slope, in an area of native woodland surrounded by pasture, except to NW where there are other small pockets of woodland. This monument is situated at the eastern edge of the woodland boundary. According to Westropp (1908-09, 391), ‘Ther Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Clare

Tobermochulla

In rough and level, poorly drained pasture, to SE of a small stream, which flows under a tertiary road adjacent to N. According to Curry in 1839 (OSL, vol. 2, 282), ‘There is another holy well called Tobar-Mochuille in the townland of Knockdromleagh, a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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Holy Well Clare

Tobermogua

Period: Early Christian

Located in NOUGHAVAL (Burren By.), County CLARE. In an area of undulating rough pasture and outcropping rock within a large field system (CL009-059001-). Indicated and named ‘Tobermogua’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. In 1839 the OS Letters (Comber 1997, 61) recorded that while the Archaeological Survey Reference: CL009-059026- Data […]

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Holy Well Wexford

Tobermogue

Described in gothic script as Tobermogue on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a NE-facing slope with a small NW-SE stream c. 130m to the NE. This is a natural spring named after St. Maodhóg of Ferns, with no evidence of, or reco Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

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Holy Well Westmeath

Tobermogue

Situated on the N side of a rise, in pasture. Annotated ‘Tobermogue’ on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Leveled holy well described in 1977 as no surface remains visible. All that remains extant is a small rise at the location of the well. Comp Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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Holy Well Kilkenny

Tobermogue

On the E side of the Kilkenny to Stonyford road. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch as, ‘Tobermogue’ and on the subsequent 1948 revision as, ‘Pump on Site of Tobermogue’. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 374), ‘Tobermogue, or St. Mog Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Kerry

Tobermolag

Tobermolag/Tobar Mhealaicí [Malachy]: A spring issuing from under a large boulder. A channel in the upper surface of a concrete slab receives the water and concentrates its flow before it spills into a small, stone-lined pool. A stone which stood above Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Kerry

Tobermolagga

Tobermalogga/Tobar na Molaige: This site lies in the N corner of a field at the foot of the E slopes of Croaghmarhin, about 400m E of An Raingiléis (KE042-094001-). The focal point of the site was probably the holy well (KE042-100001-) and cross-slab (K Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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