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Toberybereen
In pasture, adjacent to stream. There is a farmstead immediately to E. This holy well, named ‘Toberberreen’ on the 1837-8 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, was noted as a holy well in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, 110). According to local information, St Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
Toberykeel
Toberykeel/Tobar Uí Chaoil: This heavily overgrown, stone-lined spring well is located a short distance W of Glenbeigh village. Traces of a small wall-surround survive. The well is dedicated to St Gregory, the patron of the parish, whose feast day, the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
TOEHEAD Holy Well
Area heavily overgrown; unable to locate. According to local information, covered by large stone slab. No longer in holy use. Served as domestic water source early this century.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
Toherpatrick
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Toberpatrick’, and located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope in a farmyard. It is fed by a stream or field drain from the hill and is now a rectan Monument Type: Ritual site – […]
TOMARD LOWER (3 Detached portions) Holy Well
The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
TOMBEAGH Holy Well
‘Tombay Well’ noted by O’Toole (1933, 128-9). Exact location unknown. Reference: O’Toole E. 1933 ‘The Holy Wells of Carlow’ in Bealoideas. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 January 2012 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
TOMHAGGARD Mass Rock
Situated just off the crest of an E-facing slope with a low lying basin extending to the E, and on the W side of a NNW-SSE, stone-faced field bank. Fr. Nicholas Meyler was murdered on Christmas morning 1653 while celebrating Mass (Grattan Flood 1915, 67), and Mass is celebrated every year at the location on […]
TONAGARRAUN Holy Well
On a slight rise. Oval-shaped spring well (NE-SW 2.5m, NW-SE 1.5m) revetted by drystone-walling and entered via pathway from E. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II – North Galway’. Compi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
TONAKNOCK High Cross
Killahan Church (KE015-108001-), graveyard (KE015-108003-). 63905,KE03490,HICR,KE043-013003-,KERRY,RINN CHONAILL,R102642,442533,606231,52.185373759999997,-10.302919870000000,Cross – High cross,’Stone Cross’,’Stone Cross’,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE043-013003-,National Monument No. 10046. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallúnach: KE043-013001- is located on a very gentle S facing slope at the head of the broad valley that extends N from Dingle Harbour. It consists of a subrectangular enclosure Monument Type: Cross – High cross View […]
TONLEGEE (Dunmore By.) Holy Well
At the base of a rise on level marshy ground. It consists of a large natural circular pond (D 18m) which feeds a swift stream running off to SW. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II – Nor Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
TOOMBEOLA Holy Well
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
TOOME (Granard By.) Holy Well
Within a hollow in undulating pasture. In 1909 a series of fourteen stations were constructed around this well in accordance with the wishes of the Rev. Laurance Cosgrove of St Paul, Minnesota, USA (ITA Survey 1944). They were removed in the mid-1970s (l Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer