Christian Sites

In level pasture. Area now fence off and the well itself is being used by County Council as part of local water supply. Known locally as “The White Well” but no memory of it being in holy use. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 211) as ‘a strong clear spri Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Below HWM c. 10m N of a quay on E shore of the island, and c. 100m SE of its position as marked on OS 6-inch maps. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, the garbled OS version presumably having been ‘taken…down from an islander with a bad cold’ (Robinson Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

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Some 20m S of a CBG (GA029-060001-) on the opposite, S, bank of a stream. The OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 26) noted the existence of ‘a holy well called Tobar Garán, Tobbar-gauraun’. All that survives is a slight indentation in the bank of the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Located in FANORE MORE, County CLARE. On a wet, steep W-facing hillslope, and within a large field system (CL004-016001-). Named ‘Tobergeeraun’ on the 1840 and 1915 OS 6-inch maps. A penitential station (CL004-019002-) stands c. 4.5m to the WSW.The holy well is enclosed in a beehive-shap Archaeological Survey Reference: CL004-019—- Data sourced from the Archaeological […]

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Ó Danachair (1955, 216-7) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Tobergobbun on 1840 map. “Tobar Ghobain, St Gobban’s Well”. OSNB. A shallow well, four feet in diameter, with a moderate spring. “This well is remarkable for the curing of m Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Tobergobnet/Tobar Ghobnaite: This spring well is located at the side of an old trackway about 200m SE of Killinane Church and graveyard (KE080-016001-). It is housed in a drystone-built, lintelled structure which is built into the slope. Three rough, cro Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Holy Well annotated as ‘Tobergorey’ on the various editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The well is situated in a small natural hollow within a large undulating agricultural field. It is a natural spring which was reputed as having ‘been good for various cur Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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At the foot of a hillslope c. 140m NNW of a CBG (GA067-018—-). This holy well, correctly Tobar Gráineog (?), consists of a natural spring enclosed by a circular drystone wall (D 1.6m). According to local tradition it was used for the baptism of young Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

On a hummock in grassland, c. 25m S of a stream. A natural spring well, dedicated to St Grellan, comprising an unroofed circular well-chamber (D 1.55m) of roughly cut stone. The entrance is at E, where stone steps lead to the water. According to OS Lette Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]