Christian Sites

Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as Tobernasool – the well of the eyes? – and situated on a low-lying landscape. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Its location is not certain, but church (RO020-001001-) is c. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

In lowlying, average pasture, close to the junction of two field boundaries. This holy well is named ‘Tobernasool’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. Patterns were held here in the past, but the well is now no longer visited (Pers. comm. Jim Gilvar Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps as ‘Tobernasool’ (Tobar na Súl – well of the eyes), this is also known as St Brigid’s Well. Situation and Description: This well lies 200 yards NE of St Dahalin’s Church (KE014-001—-). A clear spring in a little ho Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Tobernasool/Tobar na Súl or Tobar an Leasa: Situated 300m from the seashore on the W side of Brandon Bay. Excavation of a drain led to the destruction of the well but it has been described as a spring about 3 feet wide (OSNB Cloghane, 30) or as ‘hardly Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

On a S-facing slope in grassland close to the head of Loughnahalla Bay. According to Holt (1912, 246-7), this holy well, associated with ‘St. Sornia’, had ‘virture on any Friday’ but was mainly patronised on Garland Sunday, the last Sunday in Jul Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Tobernastellagh/Tobar na Stéilleach: According to Ó Danachair (1960, 78), no tradition survives regarding this well, now contained within a concrete surround. See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke. The above description is derived Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the floor of an E-W valley, c. 150m S of Kilnamona church (CL033-006001-). A rectangular stone-lined depression (dims. 0.85m E-W; 0.2m N-S; D 0.3m) which is now dry, but where ailing children were laid in the 19th century (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 65) Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

This well is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps as ‘Tobernaughtin’ (St Naughtin’s Well). Situation and Description: Originally this well was ‘a small pool overhung by a clump of whitethorn trees’ (O’Danachair, 1958, JRSAI 88, 153-164). All that remai Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located towards the head of a sligt NW-SE valley. The well, known as Tobar na bhFiacal – the Teeth Well, and described as such on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map is an open pond (dims. 4m N-S; 2-3m E-W), which may be an origin of the stream in Monument Type: […]

At the bottom of a SW-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge and regarded as a holy well (OS Name Books). A rectangular spring (dims 2m NW-SE; 2m NE-SW) surrounded by a drystone wall (Wth 0.6m; H 1.5) on all sides except the SE, from which a stream flows S Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

In a small wooded area. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and the 1900 revision as ‘Tobernavean’, with a stream running eastward from the well. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 1 March 2022 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer