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Holy Well Westmeath

Tober Baoithen

‘Tober Baoíthen’ stands on low lying, rough, rushy pasture, c. 15m S of the Monaghanstown River which forms the townland boundary with Rathcore. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25” map as an irregular-shaped area with outflow to S which drains int Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Donegal

Tober Bride

Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as Toberbride. It is known locally as Tobar Aibheog and has been modernised. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘There is a Holy Well near Lismulduff N. S., parish of Killygordon. It is called Tobar Avig, with accent on t Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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Holy Well Monaghan

Tober Bridget

Located in woodland on a level, low-lying landscape. It is marked on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Tober Bridget’. It now supplies water to local houses and there is no evidence of any a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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Holy Well Leitrim

Tober Buay

Situated in the valley of a small W-E stream on the N bank and probably at a point E of where a small NW-SE stream joins it. Tober Beoaid is listed amongst the holy places of north Leitrim in a seventeenth century manuscript (Mooney 1946, 67), and it was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

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Holy Well Leitrim

Tober Bury

Situated in a fold on the N bank of an E-W stream at the E side of Lough Allen. This is a circular stone-lined structure (int. diam. 1.2m; D 0.5m) open to the S with the wall beginning to corbel in over the well. It was reconstructed in the 1980s and is Monument Type: Ritual […]

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Holy Well Roscommon

Tober Caelainn

Traditionally, when St Caolin plucked out her eyes to dissuade a suitor a well appeared at that location. A subsequent outrage caused the well to move c. 20m to its present location but to remain dry (O’Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 80; Lupeta 1912). The saint Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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Holy Well Roscommon

Tober Connellan

At the bottom of a terrace on the W bank of the S-N Killukin River, c. 140-160m to the E. The site of this holy well was recorded by John O’Donovan in 1837 (O’Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 120), but even then it had been abandoned. It is now occupied by a concr Monument Type: Ritual […]

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Holy Well Galway

Tober Coonagh

Within a small stone enclosure at N end of a graveyard (GA055-026001-). This well, correctly Tobar Cuanach, consists of a spring well delimited by a low circular drystone wall (D 2.15m), opening to ESE. The above description is derived from the publishe Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Wicklow

TOBER DEMESNE,TOBER LOWER,TOBER UPPER Holy Well

Unlocated well in the townlands of Tober Lower/Upper/Demesne. According to Lynch (1994, 645) there is a holy well in the townland of Tober that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 914: 225). Compi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Westmeath

Tober Enain

Situated on flat poorly drained land with artificial lake to S. Drumraney church (WM023-040—-) and graveyard 150m to SW, Drumraney Castle (WM023-036—-) 220m to NW. Holy well dedicated to St Éanán of Drumraney whose feastday is celebrated on the 1 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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Holy Well Mayo

Tober Eunna

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

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Holy Well Roscommon

Tober Faliagh

On low, level ground c. 70m from the N shore of a bay on the N shore of Lough Ree and c. 30m S of the Lanesboro to Roscommon road (N 63). St. Faithlec’s Well (RO036-048002-), c. 30m to the SW of church (RO036-048001-), is rectangular (int. dims. 1.1m N-S Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

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